From the London Saturday Magazine. AN ENIGMA.
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Pronounced as one letter, and written with three, Two letters there are, and two only in me.

 l am double, am single, am black, blue and gray, am read from both ends, aad the same either way. am restless and wandering, steady and fixed,

 And you know not one hour what may be the next I melt and l klndle, 6eseech and defy,

 lam watery and moist, am fiery and dry.

 l am scornful and scowling, compassionate, meek, am light, am dark, ana strong; am weak. am sluggish and dead, am lively and bright, I am sharp, am aat, am left, l am nghhta gh a,,u Expressive and languid, contracted and full. am careless and vacant, searchi and Ipry,

 And judge, and decide, and examine, and try.

 An index, an ofgan, and fifty things more.

 belong to all animals under the sum-

 And to those which were gundersood to have none By some am said to exist in the mind,

 And am found in potatoes, and needles, and wind. Three jackets own, of glass, water and horns

 And wore them all three on the day was born. am covered quite snug have lid and fringe,

 Yet move every way on invisible hlnge.

 A pupil have, most whimsical wight, Who IS little by day. and grows big in the night. Whom cherish with care as part of myself, For in truth depend on this delicate elf, Throws it into net which keep at my back; And, though heels over head it arrives, in a trice It is sent up to table all proper and nice. But @ tbe0 f se SesSs and Se ar trek vii l A blow makes me run though have not limb; Though neither have fins, nor bladder, swim.

 ke many mpre couples my partner nSsr and amd sbv Yet stil though we differ in what we're about, One will do all the work when the other IS ou'. am least apt to cry, as they always remark, When trimmed with good flashes, or kept in the dark Should fret and be heated they put me to bed, And leave me to cool upon water and bread But if hardened grow they make use of the knife, Lest an obstinate humor endanger my life. Or you may though the treatment appears to be rough Run split through my side, and with safety enough. Like boys who are fond of the fruit and their play, am seen with my ball and my apple all day. My belt is a rainbow, I reel and dance; l am said to retire, though never advance. am read by physicians as one of their books. And used by the ladies to fasten their hooks. My language is plain, though it cannot be heard. And speak without ever pronouncing word. Some call me diamond; some say am jet; Others talk of my water, or how am set. I'm a borough in England. in Scotland stream, And an isle of the sea in the lrishman's dream. The earth without me would no loveliness wear, And sun, moon. and stars, at my wish disappear; Yet SO fra is my tenure, so brittle my joy, That speck gives me pain, and drop can destroy.