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 9. farmer’s houfe, that night the dog loft his property, the licking of the pot. Q. What creature refembles moft a drunken piper; A. A cat when fhe fips milk ; fhe always fings, and fo does a piper when he drinks good ale. Q. What is the reafon a dog runs twice round about before he lies down A. Becaufe he does not know the head of his bed from the foot of it. Q. What creature refembles moft a long, lean, ill-looking, greafy fac’d lady for pride ? A. None fo much as a cat, who is continually fpitting in her lufe and rubbing her face, as many of fuch ladies do their brown leather. Q. Amongft what fort of creatures will you obferve moft of a natural law? A. The hare and the hind meet at one certain day in the year; the broad goofe lays her firft egg on Faftern’s Even, old ftile ; the crows begin to build their nefts the firft of March, old ftile ; the fwahs obferve matrimony, and if the female die, the male dares not take up with another, or the reft