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20 also foretels sudden news of a very agreeable nature; it announces that your sweetheart is of a very good temper, and constant, and that you will be very happy in marriage ; have great success in business through the means of trading with foreign parts.

Ravens———To dream you see a raven, is a very unfavourable token, it denotes mischief and adversity; in love, it shews falsehood, and to the married they forebode much mischief through the adultery of your conjugal partner; to the sailor, they betoken shipwreck, and much distress on a foreign shore.

Riding———To dream you are riding, if it be with women, is very unfortunate; expect to be crossed in love; if you are in trade, business will decay, and you will be very near bankruptcy; if you are a sailor, it denotes perfidy in your sweetheart, and loose conduct with one of your shipmates; but if it be with men, then expect the reverse of these things will happen, and that you will obtain a sum of money by some speculation of which you have but an indifferent opinion.

Rods———To dream you are whipt with rods, denotes that you will meet with a perfidious friend, who will go very near to ruin you: it also betokens your being shortly at a merry making, where you must be careful of quarrelling; if you do, it will turn out to your disadvantage———in love, it denotes your sweetheart to be of a fickle disposition, and little calculated to make you happy.

River———To dream you see a flowing river and that the waters are smooth and clear, presages happiness and success in life; to the lover it shews constancy and affection in the object of your love, and that if you marry, you will pass a