sity I took to gardening.
There was a small piece of garden behind the house in which I had
lodgings. My landlady suggested getting a cousin of hers,
employed by a nurseryman, to supply me with plants, etc. He was a
youth of about 16 or 17, tall, dark, not bad favored in looks. I
forget how many times I saw him--not many, perhaps twice or
thrice; but one day, when he came to see me in my room, about
something connected with the garden, I gave him some old clothes
of mine. He was a great deal taller than myself, and I suggested
his trying on the trousers to see if they would fit. I do not
know whether I made this suggestion with any ulterior motive or
whether I had ever before thought of him in connection with any
sexual relations. I only know that once more, as if guided by
instinct, I felt he would not rebuff me, although certainly no
indecent talk had ever taken place between us. I pretended to
help him to pull up the trousers, and let my hand touch his
penis. He did not resist; and I felt his penis for a few seconds.
I then proposed he should come upstairs to my bedroom. No one was
in the house. We went up. He did not at first have an erection. I
asked why. He said 'because you are strange to me.' He then felt
my penis. Eventually we mutually masturbated one another. I gave
him half a crown.

"Some short time afterward he came again to the house. On this
occasion I attempted _fellatio_. I don't think I had at that time
ever heard of such a practice. He said, however, he did not like
it. He masturbated intercrurally. He said he had never done this
before, although he had had girls. (The other boy also told me he
had had girls.)

"3. On another occasion I was out bicycling. A boy, of about 10
years of age, offered me a bunch of violets for a penny. I told
him I would give him a shilling to pick me a large bunch. I am
not sure if I had any ulterior motive. He proceeded into a wood
on the side of the road; I dismounted from my machine and
followed him. He was a pretty, dark boy. He made water. I went up
to him and asked him to let me feel his penis. He at once jumped
away, and ran off shrieking. I was frightened, mounted my
bicycle, and rode as fast as I could home.

"There was no sentiment in the above cases. It is also to be
noted that in neither instance did I make