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PUZZLES FROM YOUNG CONTRIBUTORS.
No. 1.
UNITED DIAMONDS.
1. In strawberry. By way of. A fabulous woman. A unit. In huckleberry.
2. In peach. An article very useful to travellers. A color. A jewel. In plum. Centrals of diamonds read across give the name of a common shrub.
OWLET.
No. 2.
WORD SQUARES.
1. First, mountains in Switzerland. Second, mountains in Asia. Third, a river in Hungary. Fourth, a town in Piedmont, once an ancient Roman settlement.
JULIA.
2. First, a part of the body. Second, a disease. Third, invalid. Fourth, a hollow.
CHIQUOT.
No. 3.
CHARADE.
My first is needed to make my second, and should always be in my whole.
BOLUS.
No. 4.
NUMERICAL CHARADES.
1. A fanciful character in one of Shakspeare's plays composed of 11 letters.
My 3, 10, 5, 1 is agony to weary fingers.
My 8, 2, 1 is a problem.
My 6, 9, 5, 11 is done by every school-boy.
My 7, 2, 8, 4 is fine powder.
LONIE.
2. An inhabitant of Africa composed of 10 letters.
My 2, 7, 8, 5, 4 is a bird.
My 6, 9, 3, 4 is a piece of money.
My 1, 5, 10, 7 is a beautiful flower.
FANNIE.
No. 5.
ENIGMA.
My first is in board, but not in plank.
My second is in h.o.a.rd, but not in bank.
My third is in sin, but not in good.
My fourth is in tin, but not in wood.
My fifth is in sword, but not in arms.
My sixth is in town, but not in farms.
My whole its forehead proudly rears, Crowned by two hundred and fifty years.
ARTHUR AURIE.
ANSWERS TO PUZZLES IN NO. 47.
No. 1.
B F U R N A R M B R E A D-F R U I T N A G M I X D T
No. 2.
Telephone.
No. 3.
1. Hipparchus. 2. Epicharmus. 3. Herodotus.
No. 4.
F O A M A R G O O H I O R E A P A I M S G A L A M O S S O P A L
Charade on page 696--Salt-Petre.
