One day, one of the knives was put on the table, not as clean as it might have been.

Mr.Colburn, for this offence, tied Aaron up in the wood-house, and gave him over fifty lashes on the bare back with a cowhide, after which, he made me wash him down with rum.

This seemed to put him into more agony than the whipping.
After being untied, he went home to his master, and complained of the treatment which he had received.

Mr.Darby would give no heed to anything he had to say, but sent him directly back.

Colburn, learning that he had been to his master with complaints, tied him up again, and gave him a more severe whipping than before.