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 PLATE XII.

A MALEFACTOR CHAINED TO AN IRON-BAR. is neck is encompassed with a very wide cape of iron, which is fitted to his shoulders; his legs are fettered with iron shackles, and from these, as well as from the cape, a few links extend to the bar, which is about half a yard higher than his head. The links, sliding upon the bar, accommodate themselves to the motions of the prisoner; the small piece of plank, that is attached to the shackles, serves him for a seat. From the top of the bar, there depends a little board, upon which the name and crime of the malefactor are inscribed.