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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 503 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BASTINADO (Span. baston, Fr.
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baton, a stick, cudgel)  , the
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European name for a
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form of
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punishment
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common in the
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east, especially in
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Turkey,
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Persia and
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China . It consists in blows with a
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light stick or
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lath of
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bamboo upon the soles of the feet or on the buttocks . The terror of the punishment lies not in the severity of the blows, which are on the contrary scarcely more than tapping, but in its
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long continuation . A skilful bastinadoist can kill his victim after
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hours of
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torture .

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