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9 farmer's houſe, that night the dog loſt, his property, the licking of the pot.

Q. What creature reſembles moſt a drunken piper;

A. A cat when ſhe ſips milk; ſhe 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 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 continually ſpitting in her lufe and rubbing her face, as many of ſuch ladies do their brown leather.

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

A. The hare and the hind meet at one certain day in the year, the broad gooſe lays her firſt egg on Faftern's Even, old ſtile; the crows begin to build their neſts the firſt of March, old ſtile ; the ſwans obſerve matrimony, and if the female die, the male dares not take up with another, or the reſt