RIDDLES. 5

Have enter’d, from my sorcery

No power on earth can set them free,—

At least, all human force is vain, ,

Or less than many hundred men. .___

Though endless, yet nor short nor Jong ;

And what, though I’m so wondrous strong,

The veriest child, that’s pleased to try,
’ Might carry fifty such as I. E

 

RIDDLE IX.

"T*WO women went to market to sell their eggs, one

had more in her basket than the other; the one who
had the most said to the other, “ Give me one of your
eggs, and then I shall have double the number that you
have.”—** No,”- said the other ; “ give me one of yours,
and then we shall have equal.” How many eggs had each
of these women ?

 

RIDDLE X.
NEVER in a housé was born,
Nor did I ever fly ;
And yet to make the puzzle out,
I soar into the sky.