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Doh! The Scavenger's daughter is not a rack! Just look at the photo. The 'Duke of Exeter's daughter', however IS a rack. Just check the Britannia reference given at the bottom of the article for the true facts. Colin4C 15:08, 15 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

See notice of the Torture Device exhibition at Tower of London: http://web.archive.org/web/20041027000818/http://www.hrp.org.uk/webcode/content.asp?ID=824 The 'Duke of Exeter's Daughter' and the 'Scavenger's Daughter' ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS!. The first is a rack for stretching people and the second is a device which works by compression AND IS NOT A RACK. Colin4C 12:48, 24 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

i didnt realy get how it works,can anyone clearify that>> User:. ScavengeЯ

Me neither. I suspect a diagram or image of the device in use would help... or at least an improved photo with an adult human to show scale? 86.136.219.104 15:36, 21 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The Scavengers daughter is sort of like a nutcracker, basically, you are forced onto your knees and bent over, then the top bars are forced over your back. They are compressed and squeeze you until death. The object shown is not a Scavenger's Daughter. See <http://www.flickr.com/photos/wallyg/306739911/> for a good image of the Scavenger's Daughter. (UK - London - The Tower of London Official Website) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.255.225.105 (talk) 15:45, 14 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, I'll help explain. If you were confined by the scavenger's daughter, you would be sitting down as if you had your knees to your stomach. however, in order to get into the device they would break some of your ribs, and possibly your ankles. Because your blood circulation would slow down or almost completely stop (because of the position you are in) you would only last around 3 or 4 days in the scavengers daughter. They would let you die is you did not confess to whichever crime you committed. If you confessed, they would let you out. Unfortunately, if you confessed and were let out, you would die anyway, because of the sudden rush of blood to the heart; therefore resulting in a heart attack. Either way, you were screwed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.174.117.223 (talk) 10:50, 29 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]