But notwithstanding this unrestricted intercourse of the sexes, they
were not immoderately addicted to the voluptuous pleasures ; the
facility with which their passions could be gratified bridled, if they
did not blunt, their desires. They entertained the superstitious
notion that they would become affected with disease and would be
struck down by death, if they were to carry or lift up any part of a
woman's dress, or the mat on which she slept.
