88 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, [April, 1906. 
10. A oe crane I saw: nor barley does it eat nor 
Water it ee from the river and it benefits all 
mankind, Answer : Pen (reed). 
11, What is that strange creature with two heads ? 
Six holes has it in its body: 
Weigh it and its weight is six misqal ;! 
On its back it carries a hundred mann.* 
Answer : Horse-shoe. 
12, A strange creature I saw that had six legs and two 
heads: ~ 
Stranger still, listen to me, was this; its tail was in its 
back, Answer : Scales, 
13. A strange thing I saw in this world 
That had a hundred nails in its ~l and hands. 
Five bodies, five heads and four live: 
Read me this riddle, oh wise man 
the corpse borne 
by four men). 
14. What is that which is me as a fairy ? 
It flies without wings; it emits sound though void of 
mouth. 
Answer : Paper-kite. 
15, What is that which is round and 
Its whole without life: its halves alive ? 
Ass is he that guesses not this 
And less than a goat is that ass. 
Answer: Melon 
(Khar-buz). 
16, A man from Africa came to me 
strange weird creature he had with him ; 
The animal by God’s creating 
Had eighty heads Piet pe ten bellies and — lege. 
Answe Elephant 
17, The head of (the word) mulla on the neck of mulla. 
This riddle is made in the name of 
Answer: The 
Maj “id =~ Glorious.” 
[The head of mulla is the letter mim, and the Arabic for 
neck’ is jid: together these make Majid.]* 
fF acto me 
: One migqdl ise}, oz. and 90 a OZ. 
2 The tin Bt is about 7 1 
8 By abjad = 80 and ig =10 and J=30. 
One of the Ae attributes of God and also a proper name. 
eno a — tase Flial Mc tec cere ted + 
Re Ry Ce UE OY Sp ape ims ee een eee ene Sapna eer er oe NM se 
Re Ee Pe eS eee tp ee ee ae 
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