The Scented Garden

102 Ecstasy stronger than work of man or wrath of God. 3. Surely Oriental exaggeration. A. L. We can- not agree. The member is the Mahalingam, whose dimensions are only to be expressed in astronomi- cal terminology. Ed. 4. Goathair — the “ pashmina ” of Kashmir ; so says Mahbub the Kashmiri ; but I suspect him of patriotism and believe the text to read ‘ pustin ’ [Persian text] a fur peliise spread out as a quilt. (Of course one may cavil at “ quilt ”, which im- plies quilting, not any rug qua rug. But a wounded buffalo is a very mild animal compared to a trans- lator in trouble with his monorhyme, so that we had perhaps better say nothing. Ed.) 5. This perhaps refers to a posture of coition described in the other “ Scented Garden.” The lady is hung from the roof by a belly-band, while her husband (let us hope) stands on a stool, and swings her to and fro, catching her vulva from be- hind on his penis. This is continued until emis- sion. The true sportsman refrains from guiding ei- ther the lady or his penis with his hands. The length of the swing should not be less than 4 or 5 feet ; under these rules the game is excel- lent. With a boy it would however be incomparably more difficult, if not impossible. The text suggests though that the boy is fixed, while the man swings. This should be easier of execution.