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    What does 'dreadful tales of hanging, plank walking' mean

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    The "hanging" is killing someone by tieing a noose round their neck and choking them to death. Walking the plank is placing a plank at side of ship out into the water and forcing someone to walk along it and fall in the water resulting in them drowning.

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    thank you very much for answering all my questions! you've helped me a lot!

    more power to you

    You,re welcome, enjoy the book, Stevenson was one of my favourite authors when I was younger.



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