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( 12 ) Q. What metal is it made of ?

A. No manner of metal at all, but a tongue of good report behind a brother's back, or before his face.

N. B. The key is the tongue, the bone-box the teeth, the tow line the roof of the mouth,

Q. How many principles are there in maſonry ?

A. Four.

Q. What are they ?

A. Point-line, ſuperficials and ſolid.

Q. Explain then.

A. Point, the center line, round which the maſter cannot err, length without breadth. Superficials, length and breadth. Solid comprehends the whole.

Q. How many principal ſigns are there ?

A. Four.

Q. What are they ?

A. Gutteral, the throat : Pectoral, the breaſt : Manuel, the hand : Pedeſtal, the feet.

Q. What do you learn by being a gentleman maſon ?

A. Secrecy, morality and good fellowſhip.

Q. What do you learn by being an operative maſon ?

A. To hew, ſquare, mould ſtone, lay a level, and raiſe a perpendicular.

Q. Have you ſeen your maſter to-day ?

A. Yes.

Q. How was he cloathed ?

A. In a yellow jacket and a blue pair of breeches.

N. B. The yellow jacket is the compaſſes, and the blue breeches is the ſteel points.