IIIF Color HighRes
National Institute of Informatics - Digital Silk Road Project
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| Views of China : vol.1 |
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| THE CANGUE. The kia, or cangue, is a wooden frame, weighing about 20lbs., which is bolted round the neck of criminals convicted of certain minor offences. It rests on the shoulders and causes very little suffering, and it carries hardly any disgrace with it. It is, however, slightly inconvenient, as the sufferer is unable to feed himself and is liable to have his nose tickled with straws by wicked little urchins. Persons sentenced to the cangue by purely native tribunals are obliged to wear the genuine instrument; but there is a much lighter imitation kept for use at the Shanghai Mixed Court, as here it is only foreigners that appear as accusers. The date and sentence are written upon strips of paper pasted round the upper surface of the cangue, near its edge. |
Citation Information
No. 31.—Tos Cations.
Too No, or eangue, is a wooden frame, weighing about 201bs., whichcan,. by purely native tribunals are obliged to wear the genuine in-. is bolted round the neck of criminals convicted of certain minor offences. :Lament; but there isa much lighter imitation kept for use at the It rests on tic shoulders and causes very little suffering, and it carries Shanghai Mixed Court, as here it is only foreigners that appear as hardly any disgrace with it. It is, however, slightly inconvenient, as accusers. The date and sentence, as well as the name, residence, and. the sufferer is unable to feed himself, and is liable to Imo his nose °deuce of the delinquent are ly4tten upon strips of paper pasted round • tickled with straws by wicked little urchins. Persons sentenced to the the upper surface pf the Gangue, near its edge.
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