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20 Rainbow. To dream you see a rainbow, denotes great travelling and change of fortune; it also fore- tells 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 ad- versity; in love it shows 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 upon a foreign shore. Riding. To dream your are riding, if it be with a horse, 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 him, 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 de- notes 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 sickle 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 shows