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 A Whetſtone for Drill Wits. 13

Q. By the help of a guide, I often divide What once in a green foreſt ſtood. Bebold me though I Have got but one eye, When that is ſtopt I do the moſt good.

A. A Hatchet, with which they cleave Wood; till the Eye is ſtopped with the Haſt, it cannot perform Buſineſs.

Q. A mighty row of ribs I have, A back that's wondrous thin, No belly, head, nor tail I crave, Yet I am a very uſeful thing.

A. A comb.

Q. Cloſe