and that the elders would move from one anus to the next, to press it, open it, and encourage it generally to function. This regulation promulgated, the friends proceeded that morning to administer the punishments which had not been distributed the night before because of the decision to perform the orgies with the assistance of men only. The operation was undertaken in the sultanas' quarters; they were all eight taken care of, and after them came Adelaide, Aline, and