NOVEL PUNISHMENT
The ancient Chinese had some strange uses for the rhinoceros, according.to a report by an American archaeologist. One form of torture was to" wrap a political prisoner in the hide of a fresh-ly-killed rhinoceros. As the hide dried it contracted and slowly crushed the victim. One record from the year 681 B.C. tells of a prisoner wrapped in a rhinoceros hide and sent to an adjacent State. According to the record uncovered by an investigation, he arrived at his destination '' with his bands and feet protruding from the ends of the roll." Another usd the ancient Chinese had for rhinoceros skina was for covering funeral cars. Also the armour of the bronze-age 'warriors was made of it.
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Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 131, 30 November 1933, Page 24
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119NOVEL PUNISHMENT Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 131, 30 November 1933, Page 24
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