The force of the blows can be shown by the fact that a standard cat of nine tails was easily capable, when wielded by an average man, of braking a one inch by one inch length of knot free pine in half.
Amandla emifumba eyenokubonakala ngomgangatho wekati enemisila elithoba, xa wenziwe ngamadoda aqinileyo noko, ngokuthi xa ebetha imana ukuqhawuka kancinci kancinci.