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16 Q. What thing is that which is lengthened by being cut at both ends ? A. A Ditch. Q. What is that which was born without a soul, lived and had a soul, yet died without a soul. A. The whale that swallowed Jona. Q. What is the longest and the shortest thing in the world ? the swiftest and the slowest ? the most indivisible and the minost extended ? the least valued and the most regretted? without which nothing can be done? which devours all that is small, yet gives life and spirit to all that is great ? A. Time. What creatures are those which appear closely connected, yet upon examination are found to be three distinet bodies, with eight legs, five on one side, and three on the other; three mouths, two straight forwards, and the third on one side; six eyes, four on one side, two on the other; six ears, four on one side, and two on the other? A. A Man and Woman on horseback. Q. Why is a churchyard like an inn? A. Because it receives weary travellers. Q. Why is a carrotty lady like a troop of soldiers. A. Because she bears fire-locks. Q. What did Adam first set in the garden of Eden ? A. His foot.