The places that are to be pressed with the nails are
as follows: the armpit, the throat, the breasts, the lips, the jaghana or middle
parts of the body, and the thighs. The
qualities of good nails are that they should be bright, well set, clean, entire,
convex, soft, and glossy in appearance.
1)
When a
person presses the chin, the breasts, the lower lip, or the jaghana of another
so softly that no scratch or mark is left, but only the hair on the body becomes
erect from the touch of the nails, and the nails themselves make a sound, it is
called a ‘sounding or pressing with the nails’.
This pressing is used in the case of a young girl when her lover shampoos
her, scratches her head, and wants to trouble or frighten her.
2)
The
curved mark with the nails, which is impressed on the neck and the breasts, is
called ‘the half moon’.
3)
When the
half moons are impressed opposite to each other, it is called a ‘circle’.
This mark with the nails is generally made on the navel, the small
cavities about the buttocks, and on the joint of the thigh.
4)
A mark in
the form of a small line, and which can be made on any part of the body, is
called a ‘line’.
5)
This same
line, when it is curved, and made on the breast, is called a ‘tiger’s
nail’.
6)
When a
curved mark is made on the breast by means of the five nails, it is called a
‘peacock’s foot’. This mark
is made with the object of being praised, for it requires a great deal of skill
to make it properly.
7)
When five
marks with the nails are made close to one another near the nipple of the
breast, it is called ‘the jump of a hare’.