In this matter, as folklore shows in so many other matters, the uncultured man of civilization is linked to the savage.

In England, I am told, the soldier often has little or no objection to prostitute himself to the "swell" who pays him, although for pleasure he prefers to go to women; and Hyde Park is spoken of as a center of male prostitution.
"Among the working masses of England and Scotland," Q.writes, "'comradeship' is well marked, though not (as in Italy) very conscious of itself.

Friends often kiss each other, though this habit seems to vary a good deal in different sections and coteries.

Men commonly sleep together, whether comrades or not, and so easily get familiar.

Occasionally, but not so very often, this relation delays for a time, or even indefinitely, actual marriage, and in some instances is highly passionate and romantic.