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Q. What creature reſembles moſt a drunken piper?

A. A cat, when ſhe ſips milk, the always ſings; and ſo does a piper, when he drinks good ale.

Q. What is the reaſon a dog runs twice round about before he ly down?

A. Becanſe he does not know the head of his bed from the foot of it.

Q. What creature reſembles moſt a long, lean, ill-locking, greaſy-fac'd lady, for pride?

A. None ſo much as the cat, who is continually ſpitying in her life and rubbing her face, as many of ſuch ladies, do the brown leather of their wrinkled chaſts.

Q. Amongſt what ſort of creatures will you obſerve moſt of a natural law?

A. The hart and the bind meet at one certain day in the year; the broad gooſe lays her firſt egg on Faſterns-Even, old ſtile; the crows begin to build their neſt the firſt of March, old ſtile; the ſwans obſerve matrimony, and if the ſee male die, the male dares not take up with another, or the reſt will put him to death, all the birds, in general, join. in pairs, and keep ſo; but the dove re-