RIDDLES. 3

RIDDLE III. .

[NX spring I look gay,
Deck’d in comely array ;
In summer more clothing J wear ;
As colder it grows,
I throw off my clothes,
And in winter quite naked appear.

RIDDLE IV.

AM a thing that many say
Is bought with toil and trouble ;
What all would wish for once a day,
Yet few desire to double.

RIDDLE V.

THHERE is a certain natural production, which is nei-

ther animal, vegetable, nor mineral: it commonly
exists from two to six feet from the earth’s surface ; it is
neither male nor female, but oftenest between both ;
has neither height, breadth, width, nor thickness; it is
often mentioned in the Old Testament, and stands