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Show Elack Hole of Calcutta. The innate corruption and depravity cf human nature were perhaps never more clearly brought out than in the historic Black Hole of Calcutta. That atrocity stands unrivaled as an instance in-stance of the utmost suffering humanity human-ity can endure, passed through by a large number, yet leaving a few survivors sur-vivors to tell the tale. Many -more tiave been slain or executed at one time, death being expected; but probably only safe keeping of the prisoners pris-oners was intended, and only fear of breaking a despot's sleep prevented their earlier release. Yet this torture, "unequaled in history or fiction, whose record cannot be read unmoved after the lapse of a hundred and fifty years," was produced merely by crowding crowd-ing men together in an ill ventilated room. No fires, rr.cks, nor scourges were needed; all that was done or required re-quired to be done was to take from each the amount 6f air and space to which he was accustomed, crush him into close proximity with his fellows, and the thing was accomplished.- From "A Farmer's Note Book," by C. E. D. Phelps. |
