How was a criminal executed in brodingnag?

On
Brobdingnag, Gulliver receives the dubious
honor of being invited to an execution. Gulliver's
normally averse to such
grisly spectacles, but his curiosity gets the better of him and he
agrees to
go along. The criminal in question is a murderer, and as is customary on
Brobdingnag,
he...