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 23 COMICAL QUESTIONS.

IF Six Shillings and a Farthing ſhall be paid by a ſelect number of men, each paying an equal ſhare, how many ſhall there need to be, to diſcharge the ſame?

Q: 2. How may a ſtraw be laid down upon the ground, that it may not be jumped over? -They to whom you put the queſtion, will think it eaſy to be done. If it ſhould come to a Wager, lay your ſtraw to a wall upon the ground; and they will ſoon ſee it cannot be done. So yielding the Wager loft, it may occaſion ſome laughter.

Q: 3. If a Butcher ſends his ſervant to the market, and orders him, with 20 ſhillings, to buy 20 head of ſmall cattle, of ſeveral prices, that is to ſay, Wedders at 4 ſhillings a piece, Ews at 12 pence, and Lambs at a groat: and to lay out all the 20 ſhillings, and to have 20 heads, neither more nor leſs:-How many of each kind muſt there be to compleat the number for the aforeſaid money.

Q. 4. To lay a man's right hand upon himſelf, where he cannot touch it with his left; will ſeem ſtrange to thoſe unacquainted with the trick; and when they have try'd, and find they can reach all parts about them, they will be ready to bet.---Then take their right hand, and lay it on the back side of their left elbow, and