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( 14 ) FELLOW-CRAFT's DEGREE.

Q. ARE you a fellow-craft ?

A. I am.

Q Why was you made a fellow craft ?

A. For the ſake of the letter G.

q. What does that G denote ?

a. Geometry, or the fifth ſcience ?

q. Did you ever travel ?

a. Yes, eaſt and weſt.

q. Did you ever work.

a. Yes, in the building of the temple.

q. Where did you receive wages ?

a. In the middle chamber.

q. Through the porch, what did you ſee ?

a. Two great pillars.

q. What are they called ?

a. J. B. i. e, Jaebin and Boaz.

q. How high are they ?

a. Eighteen cubits.

q. How much in circumference ?

a. Twelve cubits.

q. What are they adorned with ?

a. Two chapiters.

q. How high were the chapiters ?

a. Five cubits. (I Kings vii.)

q. What are they adorned with ?

a. Net work and pomegranets.

q. How came you to the middle chamber ?

a. By a winding pair of ſtairs.

q. How many ?

a. Seven or more.