threads into the intricate texture of æsthetic enjoyment, because in them we recognise a proof of the existence of a universal causal nexus. A glance over the sphere of inherence, too, will help us to a proper orientation for this inquiry. By the word inherence we signify the relation of a thing to its qualities, or, abstractly speaking, the relation of a concept to its characteristics. A common and well-nigh universal form of play depends on this principle—namely, the making and solving of riddles. The large majority of them involve an effort to find the concept whose characteristics are given, and the task is intentionally rendered difficult, with the result that the solution is attended with a proud sense of success. The exercise easily leads to a contest, but it is grounded in experimentation with the logical faculty, and many persons enjoy the amusement for this reason alone.[339] Children as young as four years sometimes indulge in a sort of preliminary exercise in riddle solving, such as the simple game in which one child, noticing the peculiar colour of some object in the room, says, “I see something you don’t see, and it’s yellow,” and his comrade must guess it. The play here is connected with sense perception by the relations of things to their qualities, and there are many games for large companies much like it. In a genuine riddle the enumeration of characteristics must be imperfect or in some way misleading to render the solution troublesome, and still sufficiently complete to make it possible; many are made sufficiently puzzling by the lack of logical ὁριδκός without the introduction of other means of mystification; such, for example, as— “Drufg’schloh, Ufg’ deckt, Usse g’nô, Dra gschmöckt, Und dann wiederum versteckt.” (Tabakdose.) “Inside whole, Outside full of many holes.” (Thimble.) “Two legs sits on three legs And milks four legs.” (Milkmaid.) “Oben spitz und unten breit Durch und durch voll Süssigkeit.” (Zuckerhut.) “First white as snow, Then green as clover, Then red as blood, They taste to all children good.” (Cherries.) The play is more genuine, however, when the characteristics are more veiled, as in (1) metaphor and (2) apparent contradiction. The riddles which follow are evidently calculated to put one on the wrong scent. On the coast of Malabar two familiar riddles are “Little man, strong voice,” and “A little pig in the woods.” The answer to the former is Grasshopper, and to the latter Pediculus cervicalis. “There is a little man With a stomach of stone; He has a red cloak And a black cap on.” (Haw.) “S’itzt etwas amme Rainle, Es wackelt ihm sein Beinle; Vor Angst und Noth Wird ihm sein Köpfle feuerroth.” (Erdbeere.)