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benches round it, on the dry ground, either to keep our cloaths, or ..., or ...,
in short, for more uses than resting upon. There was a side-table too, loaded
with sweetmeats, jellies, and other eatables, and bottles of wine and cordials,
by way of occasional relief from any rawness, or chill of the water, or from any
faintness from whatever cause; and in fact, my gallant, who understood chère
entiêre perfectly, and who, for taste (even if you would not approve this
specimen of it) might have been comptroller of pleasures to a Roman emperor, had
left no requisite towards convenience or luxury unprovided.
    As soon as we had look'd round this inviting spot, and every preliminary of
privacy was duly settled, strip was the word: when the young gentlemen soon
dispatch'd the undressing each his partner and reduced us to the naked
confession of all those secrets of person which dress generally hides, and which
the discovery of was, naturally speaking, not to our disadvantage. Our hands,
indeed, mechanically carried towards the most interesting part of us, screened,
at first, all from the tufted cliff downwards, till we took them away at their
desire, and employed them in doing them the same office, of helping off with
their cloaths; in the process of which, there pass'd all the little wantonnesses
and frolicks that you may easily imagine.
    As for my spark, he was presently undressed, all to his shirt, the
fore-lappet of which as he lean'd languishingly on me, he smilingly pointed to
me to observe, as it bellied out, or rose and fell, according to the unruly
starts of the motion behind it; but it was soon fix'd, for now taking off his
shirt, and naked as a Cupid, he shew'd it me at so upright a stand, as prepar'd
me indeed for his application to me for instant ease; but, tho' the sight of its
fine size was fit enough to fire me, the cooling air, as I stood in this state
of nature, joined to the desire I had of bathing first, enabled me to put him
off, and tranquillize him, with the remark that a little suspense would only set
a keener edge on the pleasure. Leading then the way, and shewing our friends an
example of continency, which they were giving signs of losing respect to, we
went hand in hand into the stream, till it took us up to our neck
