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Sm.. -Mr. Raven finds sex 'an overrated sensation Which lasts a bare ten seconds'—and then wonders Why anyone- should- bother to translate the erotic textbooks of medheval India. One good reason for doing so is that there arc still people in our culture who find sex an overrated sensation lasting a bare ten seconds. May I assure Mr. Raven that the per- formance he attended was not of concert standard? ALEX COMFORT opartmenl of Zoology, University College London