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 7 Q. What is their behaviour? A. If you ask them a question in civili- ty, if it were but the road to the next town, they will tell you to follow your nose, and if go wrong curse the guide. Q. Are young and old of them no bet- ter? A. All the odds lies in the difference, for if you ask a child to whom he belongs, or who is his father, he will tell you to kiss his father’s a—c. Q. What kind of creatures are kind- liest when they meet ? A. None can exceed the kindness of dogs when they meet in a market, Q. And what is colley’s conduct thefe? A. First they kiss others mouths and noses, smell about, and at last of all, they are so kind as to kiss other below the tail. Q. What is the coldest part of a dog ? A. His nose. Q. What is the coldest part of a man ? A. His knees. Q. What is the coldest part of a woman ? A. The back part of her body Q. What’s the reason that these three parts of men, women and dogs are coldest ? A. Fabulous historians write, that there