22 HOME AMUSEMENTS.

RIDDLE XLI.°
A WORD that’s composed of three letters alone,
And is backward and forward the same ;
Without speaking a word makes its sentiments known,
And to beauty lays principal claim.

 

RIDDLE XLII.

HAT is that which is in the constant possession
of every human being: which cannot be bought,
yet has been sold: it is invisible—never seen, but
often felt ? . ‘
: RIDDLE XLHUI.
pase first a small and dainty fish,
Then off its head pray sever ;
You then will see where oft I’ve been;
And could have stayed for ever.

 

 

RIDDLE XLIV.
’M used by ladies, monks, and popes,
Composed of diamonds, ribands, ropes ;
With pious virgins I am found,
And silent hermits I surround :