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17 7. Because it is between two i's-(eves.)

8. Because it is hardly done.

9. Because it contains many authors.

10. Because he goes on tick.

11. Because it is out of the head.

12. Because he makes pa' pay.

13. Because it shoots from the eye.

14. Because it makes her hear.

15. Because the bed will not come to you.

16. Because he is making both ends meet.

17. Because it is the beginning of greatness and goodness.

18. Because, by putting the g first, you make it Golden land.

19. Because the one speaks without reflecting, the other reflects without speaking.

20. Because they are regular, irregular, and defective.

21. Because it is a bad habit.

29. Because he is crusty.

23. Because they are stationary.

24. Because it keeps his head warm.

25. Because his nose is above his chin.

SOLUTIONS OF THE QUIBBLES.

1. Draw it round his body.

2. Put the coin in one hand on a table or sideboard, and turning round, take it up with the other.

3. Place the candle on his head-taking care that there is no mirror in the room.

4. Your left elbow.

5. First kiss it inside the room, then take it out of the room and kiss it.

6. Hold it near your month, and bite the air an inch from it.

7. Write the word "yourself" on a slip of paper, and, rolling it up, push it through the keyhole.

8. Say " Begone!" and assert that the shilling has disappeared; then desire the person to lift the candlestick to see whether it is there, which he, without considering, will do, and thus give you the opportunity of lifting it, without touching the candlestick yourself,