PATSHALA, a village school of Bengal. The discipline in the Patshalas is very cruel. The Calcutta Review mentions that a boy is made to bend forward with his face towards the ground ; a heavy brick is then placed on his back, and another on his neck ; and should he let either of them fall, within the prescribed period, he is punished with the cane. A boy is condemned to stand on one foot ; and should he shake or quiver or let down the uplifted leg before the time, he is severely punished. A is made to sit on the floor in an exceedingly constrained position, with one leg turned up behind his neck. He is made to sit with his feet resting on two bricks, and his head bent down between both legs, with his hands twisted round each leg So as painfully to catch the ears. A boy is, made to hang for a few minuted, with his head downwards, from the branch of a neighbouring tree. A boy's hands and feet are bound with cords ; to these members so bound a rope is fastened, and the boy is then hoisted up by means of a pulley attached to the beams or rafters of the school. The fingers of both hands are inserted across each other, with a stick between and two sticks without, drawn close together and tied. A ,boy is made to measure so many cubits on the ground, by marking it alono. With the tip of his nose. A boy is constrained to pull his own ears, and if he fail to extend them sufficiently he is visited with a Severer chastise ment. The boy who first comes to school in the morning receives one stroke of the cane on the palm of the hand, the next receives two strokes ; and so each in succession, as he arrives, receives a number Of strokes, equal to the number of boys that preceded him, the first being the privileged administrator of thein all. Pear boys are made to
seize another, two holding the arms and two the feet ; they then alternately swing him and throw him violently to the ground. Two boys, when both have given offence, are made to knock their heads several times against each other. Again, two boys are made to seize another by the ears, and, with these organs well outstretched he is Made to run along for the amusement of the bystanders ; -Which latter clause reminds us of the old Roman poet's line—' Omne tulit Tunettim dui miscuit utile dulci.' Nettles dipped in -Water are applied to the body, which becomes Irritated and swollen ; the pain is excruciating, and often it whole day ; but however great the itching Mud the pain, the sufferer is not allowed to rub or nich the skin for relief, under the dread of a gellation in addition. This seems bad enough ; tit here is something worse : The boy is tied up a a sack along with some nettles, or a cat or -swine other noisome creature, and then rolled along the ground.
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