Map of The Open Country of Woman's Heart, ca. 1830

For some reason this reminds me of Jonathan Swift’s “A Gentle Echo on Woman”, which includes such choice lines as:

Shepherd. Lord, what is she that can so turn and wind?
Echo. Wind.
Shepherd. If she be wind, what stills her when she blows?
Echo. Blows.

I’m sorry to say it gets worse.

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