86 HOME. AMUSEMENTS.

RIDDLE CLXXYVIII.

FROM foreign climes my origin J trace;

My hue as varied as my services.
_ Without me, vain would be the nurse’s care
To soothe the infant in its fretful mood ;
The housewife, too, my wonted aid would iniss;
Her pies and puddings would no longer please,
But to ignoble exile be condemned.

 

RIDDLE CLXXIX.

TALL and slender shape I bear—
No lady’s skin more white and fair!
. My life is short, and doth decay
So soon, it rarely lasts a day.
If in the evening brought to light,
I make my exit during night.

 

RIDDLE CLXXX.

W HAT is that which is neither flesh nor bone, and
yet has four fingers and a thumb?