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 9 eration of dogs to another : The first is as as old as Esop, the great wit of Baby- lon, the dog having a law-suit against the cat, gained the ploa, and coming; trudg- ing home wiyh the decreet below his tail, a wicked chapman throwing his elwand at Lnn he let it fall, and, so lost his privi- leges. The second is because in old times the chapmen used to buy dogs and kill them for their skin. The third, ii, when a chapman was quartered in a farmer's house, that night the dog lost his proper- ty, the licking of the pot. Q. What creature resembles most a drunken piper ? A. A cat when she sins milk ; she a- ways sings, and so does a piper when he drinks good ale. Q. What is the reason a dog runs twice round about before lie lies down ? A. Because he does not know the head of his bed from the foot of it. Q. What creature resembles most a long, lean,.ill-looking, greasy fac’d lady for pride? A.None so much as a cat, who is con- tinualiy spitting in her lufe and rubbing her free, as many of such ladies do their brown leather. Q. Amongst what sort, of creatures