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10 72. Where is happiness always to be found?

73. What is likest to a cat looking out at a window?

74. When is a man over head and ears in debt?

75. What were the first words Adam said to Eve?

76. Do you ever see a bun dance on a table?

We here close our list of Riddles and Enigmas, which we have extended to a greater length than we at first intended.

We now proceed with another popular pastime, consisting of a selection of

CONUNDRUMS.

1. Why is a room full of married people like an empty room?

2. Why is a schoolmistress like the letter c?

3. Why is a miser like a man with a short memory?

4. Why is the letter d like a wedding-ring?

5. Why is a pig in a parlour like a house on fire?

6. Why is an Irishman mending his clothes like a rich man?

7. Why is your nose like the v in civility?

8. Why is an egg overdone like one underdone?

9. Why is an anecdote-book like a bookseller's shop?

10. Why is a man who runs in debt like a clock?

11. Why is a drawn tooth like a thing forgot?

12. Why is a young spendthrift like the letter y?

13. Why is love like a potatoe?

14. Why is the letter a like loud speaking to a lady dull of hearing?

15. Why do you go to bed?

16. Why is a dog biting his tail like a good economist?

17. Why is the letter g like wisdom?

18. Why is Old England, transposed, like California?

19. Why is a tailor very unlike a mirror?

20. Why are your teeth like verbs?

21. Why is drunkenness like a ragged coat?

22. Why is a fretful man like a hard-baked loaf?