“The same Eastern ‘Scrogin’ would ask his guests if they had ever seen a mancannon; and, on their replying in the negative, a greybeard slave was dragged in blaspheming and struggling with all his strength. He was presently placed on all fours and firmly held by the extremities; his bag-trousers were let down and a dozen peppercorns were inserted ano suo: the target was a sheet of paper held at a reasonable distance; the match was applied by a pinch of cayenne in the nostrils; the sneeze started the grapeshot and the number of hits on the butt decided the bets.” from Sir Richard Francis Burton’s “Terminal Essay” in the Arabian Nights