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Flogging was the order of the day; scarcely a morning passed but we had two or three triced up, and the boatswain's mates swore that they had never worn out so many cats-o'-nine-tails before. I don't know that it was the officers' fault, for they knew no better way of maintaining discipline.
William Henry Giles Kingston - Will Weatherhelm: The Yarn of an Old Sailor
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