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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.