86 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [April, 1906. 
14, Some Persian Riddles collected from dervishes in the south 
of Persia.—By Lizvt.-Cotonen D. C. Pumuorr, 23rd 
_ Cavalry, F.F., Secretary to the Board of Examiners, 
Calcutta. 
_— 
A strange thing I saw in this world: 
Water bubbling round fire. 
Answer : Samavar. — 
2. A strange thing I saw in this world: 
It roared and wailed and circled round. 
Answer : Mill. 
3. What is that which travels without feet, head or hands ? = - 
nswers: Water, 
ind, a Worm 
4, What is that which hides men in its belly ? 
Answer ; The Earth. 
2: 
What is that which encompasses the world in a moment 2 
Answer ; The wind. 
6. What is that which from head to foot is all tongue ? 
Answer : Fi 
ire. 
7. What is that which no woman will eat ? 
If a man eat it he grows strong. 
Good is it and impalpable, but in eating it 
Neither hand, nor lip, nor mouth is used. 
Answer : Knowledge. 
8. White art thou as snow ; black am I as a Negro: 
My head is split: thou art below and I am above. 
You do not move: though I do move. : 
Answer: Pen and 
Paper. 
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What is that travelling ship, double-doored, 
Lion-armed and dragon-shaped ? 
Another sight I saw in it : 
It made the dead alive. 
Answer: Tortoise, 
