The Scented Garden

34 finement, and possibly, parallel with the fall in the price of Mercury, Iodine, and Sandalwood oil, a slight increase in the demand for that preparation of the supra-renal capsules which is so useful in obstinate cases of internal haemorrhoids. 2. Pray analyse the sensation aroused in you by the story which ends (Mrs. Awkins, asleep, being awakened by the cup of tea which she has spilt over her lap). “ There you are, Awkings ! All over my stummick again ! ” 3. A skilful sodomite should be able to withdraw his penis nearly dry. The subsequent moisture of the anus will act as a pleasing lubricant, when the next round of preliminaries is over. 4. This has been already anticipated in the long note above. Ed. 5. I would suggest allopath, homaeopath, and ec- lectic as a fitting classification of humanity. 6. A little obscure. I suppose the author means : a scientific whist player need not pity a gambler more than he does a drunkard ; a father of twelve pity the raper more than the brawler ; or the polo enthusiast pity the man who thinks he is a horse more than him who fancies himself a tea- pot. A. L. Major Lutiy’s note seems to us as obscure as the text. But the point clearly is that the sound apple does not pity the bad apple any more than the bad orange. Ed. 7. Conversely, it is interesting to observe that a woman can afford two pleasures to a woman, (1) tribadism (cunnus and cunnum). (2) cunnilingism. A man can afford three pleasures to a woman, exclusively : (1) sodomy. (2) irrumation (pleasure of the fellatrix). (3) copulation.