27. Down deep in hell there let them dwell,
And bundle on that bed;
There burn and roll without control,
'Till all their lusts are fed.


The evidence presented in the preceding pages, establishes, as we think,
the following facts:

1st. That the custom, so far as it pertained to the American States, had
its origin as a matter of convenience and necessity.

2d. That in all stages of its history it was chiefly confined to the
humbler classes of society.

3d. That its prevalence may be said to have closed with the eighteenth
century.

It is our opinion that it came nearest to being a universal custom from
1750 to 1780, and that it was, at all times, regarded by the better
classes as a serious evil, and was no more countenanced by them then the
frequenting of grog shops is by the better class of the present day.

This opinion is corroborated by the remarks of several old persons whom
we have consulted as to their recollections of the custom. Among these,
Mr. B., of East Haddam, Ct., now in his 95th year, says that he well
remembers it; that it could not be called general, though frequent. It
was not practiced among the more intelligent, educated classes, nor
among those who lived in large, well warmed houses. He says it was not
the fashion to bundle with any chap who might call on a girl, but that