“ Little nails.—Little round nails discover a person to be obstinate, seldom pleased, inclining to hate every one, as conceiving himself superior to others, though without any foundation for such conception. ”

“ An excellent day to ask a favour. Take physic this day.
The fifteenth day is very unfortunate. A good day to find any thing that is lost.
A child born on the sixteenth day will be unmannerly and unfortunate. Buy and sell on this day. Dreams portend luck on this day.
A child born on the seventeenth day of the moon, shows it will be foolish. You may take physic, let blood, or transact business on this day.
The eighteenth day is fortunate, both for male and female born on it.
A nativity on the nineteenth day, the child will be wise and virtuous, and will arrive at great honours. ”

“ The person that acts the fortune-teller must always bend his thoughts upon him or her that wish to have their fortuno told, and upon their rank and profession, in order to give plausibility to their predictions. ”

“ To meet a funeral as you go to ehurch on this errand, shows you will have to encounter a life of domestic jars, and a very indifferent partner.—For a fire to burn black and gloomy, is a certain sign of dissension or unpleasant tidings from a distant quarter. ”

“ A peaked chin, reasonably full of flesh, shows a good understanding, a high spirit, and laudable of conversation. A double chin shows a man of peaceable disposition, but of dull apprehension, vain, eredulous, and secret in his actions. ”

“ Round nails declare a hasty person, yet good matured, very forgiving, a lover of knowledge, honest in mind, doing no ono any harm, and acting according to his own imaginations, being rather too proud of his own abilities. ”

“ Trees.—One tree only, if it bo in the clear or thick part, points out lasting good health; several trees denote your wish will be accomplished; if they are encompassed with dashes, your fortune is in its blossom, and requires time to bring it maturity. If accompanied by dots, you will make your fortune in the country where you reside. ”

“ Face.—A faeo apt to sweat on every motion, shows the person to be of a hot constitution. A very fleshy faee shows the person to be of a fearful disposition, but a merry heart, and withal, bountiful and discreet. ”

“ Long nails.—When the nails are long, the person is good natured, but placing confidence in no man, being from his youth conversant in deceit, yet not practising it, from the goodness of his nature, and a love of virtue. ”

“ If at both ends there is a redness, or mixture of several colours, the person is choleric, and dolights in fighting.
When the end is black, the man loves agriculutre; he places happiness in mediocrity, and from thence avoids the cares attendant on either extreme of fortune. ”

“ Eyes.—He whose eyes are hollow in his head, is one that is suspicious, malicious, perverse in his conversation, and of an extraordinary memory. He whose eyes are, as it were, starting out of his head, is a simple foolish person. He who looks studiously and acutely, with his eyes and eye-lids downwards, denotes thereby to be of a malicious nature, very treacherous, and false. He who hath a wandering eye, and which is rolling up and down, is for the most part a vain, simple, deceitful man, lustful, treacherous, or high-minded. ”

“ Ears.—Great and thiek ears are eertain sign of a foolish person; but small and thin ears show a person to be a good wit, grave, secret, modest, and one willing to serve his friend. He whose ears are no longer than ordinary, is a bold man, uncivil, vain, and foolish. ”

“ They whose eyes are addicted to be bloodshot, aro naturally choleric, proud, cruel without shame, and much inclined to superstition.
Thus from the eyes we several things may see,
By nature's art of physiognomy;
And this may teach us goodness more to prize,
For where one s good, twenty are otherwise.
Nose.—A long and thin noso denotes a man bold, furious, angry, vain, and credulous. A bottle-nose is what denotes a man to be vain, false, luxurious, weak, and uncertain. A nose broad in the middle, and less toward the end, denotes a vain, talkative person, a liar, and ono of a bad fortune. ”

“ It is a very unfortunate day, and threatens vexation.
On the twenty-sixth day, the child born shall be very amiable: a male will meet but an indifferent state in the world; if a female, she will be married to a rich man for her beauty.
On the twenty-seventh day, the child born will have every engaging quality; but will not rise to any great preferment. This is a very lucky day.
On the twenty-eighth day, the child that is born shall be the delight of his parents, but have much sickness.
Tho child born on a Sunday shall be of a long life, and obtain riches. ”

“ To know whether a new-born Child shall live or die.—Write down tho proper names of the father and mother, and the day the child was born, and put to each letter its number as before, and to the total sum, being put together, add 25, and divide the whole by 7; and then if it be even, the child will die, but if odd, it shall live. ”

“ Lips.—The lips, when they are very big and blubbering, show a person to bo credulous, foolish and apt to be enticed to any thing. Lips of a different size denote a person to be discreet, of a ready wit, but somewhat hasty. ”

“ Hair.—Hair that hangs down without curling, if it be of a fair complexion, thin, and soft withal, signifies a man to be naturally faint-hearted, and of a weak body, but of a quiet, harmless disposition. ”

“ White nails.—When the nails are white and long, the person is subject to great sickness; he is well made and comely, but much inclined to women, who deceive him through false pretences, and shortly bring him to ruin. ”

“ If tho person dream of music, sho will shortly wed him sho wishes; if she dream of fire, she will be crossed in love; if of a church, she will die single. If any thing be written, or there be the least spot on the paper, it will not do. ”

“ Hair that is big and thick, and short withal, denotes a man to be of a strong eonstitution, secure, hold, deceitful, and for the most part unquiet and vain, lusting after beauty, and more foolish than wise, though fortuno may favour him. He whose hair not only eurls much but busheth out, and stands on end, if the hair be white, or of a yellowish eolour, he is by nature proud and bold, dull of apprehension, soon angry, a lover of venery, given to lying, malicious, and ready to do any mischief. ”

“ Any unmarried woman fasting on Midsummer Eve, and at midnight laying a elean cloth, with bread, eheese, and ale, and sitting down as if going to eat, the street door being left open, the person whom she is afterwards to marry will come into the room, and drink to her by bowing ”

“ A molo on the right side, about tho middle of tho forehead, declares a man to abound in benefits by friendship of great men; will be loaded with command, esteemed and honoured; the paler tho colour tho greater the honour; if red, he is loved by tho clergy; if black, let him bewaro resentment of great men; if warty it increaseth good fortune. A woman having this shall be fortunate in all her actions; but if black beware of hor tongue.
A mole on the left side of the forehead, near the hair, predicts misery, and abundance of tribulations to a man by means of his own misconduct ”

“ To know what Fortune your future Husband shall have.—Take a walnut, a hazel-nut, and a nutmeg, grate them together, and mix them with butter and sugar, and make them into small pills, of whieh exaetly nine must be taken on going to bed, and aecording to your dreams so will be the stato of the person you will marry. ”

“ Narrow nails.—The person with such nails is desirous of attaining knowledge in the sciences; but is never at peace long with his neighbours.
When to narrowness they add some degree of length, tho person is led away by ambitious desires, aiming at things he cannot obtain, one who, having formed notions of grandeur, grasps at tho shadow while he loses the substance. ”

“ The Anchor, tho emblem of hope and commerce, implies successful business carried on by water and land, if on tho bottom of tho cup; at the top, and in a clear part, it shows eonstant love, and unshaken fidelity. ”

“ The Letter.—By letters we communicate to our friends either pleasant or unpleasant news; such is the case here. If this emblem is in the clear part, it denotes the speedy arrival of welcomo news; surrounded with dots, it announces the arrival of a considerable remittance in money; but hemmed in by clouds, it is quite the contrary, and forbodes some melancholy tidings. If it be in the clear, and accompanied by a heart, lovers may expect a letter, which secures to the party tho possession of the beloved object ”

“ On Tuesday,—the person born will be subject to violent starts of passion, not easily reconciled; if a man, given to illicit connexions, which cause misfortunes to rise, and ho will be in danger of dying by violence from them. ”

“ And becauso some of the members are uncompounded, and entire of themselves, as tho tongue, the heart, &c.. and some are of a mixed nature, as the eyes, the nose, and others; we therefore say, that there are many things which agree and live together, that inform a wise man how to make his judgment before he be too rash to deliver it to the world. ”

“ He whose hair rises in the eerner ef his temples, and is gross and rough withal, is mest highly eoneeited of himself, inelined to maliee, but eunningly coneeals it, is very eourtly, and a lover of new fashions. ”

“ To know whether a Woman will have the Man she wishes.—Get two lemon peels, wear them all day, one in each poeket, at night rub the four posts of tho bedstead with them; if she is to sueeeed, the person will appear in her sleep, and present her with a couplo of lemons ”