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Enigmas, Charades, Puzzles, &c.

1.

TRANSPOSITION.

A WATER BIRD.

Though my nest you may find swinging high in the trees, While I rock on my greenish-blue eggs in the breeze, Yet I fish for a living, and love water more Than land, though I'm careful to keep near the sh.o.r.e.

Transposed, I'm a river, you'll see at a glance, In Switzerland starting, and running through France.

B.

2.

HIEROGLYPHIC TRANSPOSITIONS.

[Express exactly in the fewest words; then transpose your definition into a word or words equivalent to the definition given under the hieroglyphic.]

EXAMPLE:

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A deed.

This symbol literally expressed is Cat on I. Transpose these letters, and you have _action,_ which is equivalent to "A deed."

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In this way, find the answer to above symbols: 1, Is an animal. 2, A race. 3, Young ladies. 4, Immense. 5, Settled. 6, A fanatic. J. P. B.

3.

THE THREE BOYS.

[Fill blanks with words to rhyme with the termination of the first line.]

A two-letter boy, whose name was Ed, And a three letter boy, whose nickname was ---, Were joined by their four-letter brother, named ---, One boy was quite s.p.u.n.ky--the hair on his --- Was of a bright auburn, in fact it was ---, And fat too, he was, by being well ---.

Another had eyes dull and heavy as ---, And his nose was so broad that often 'twas ---.

It nearly all over his visage was ---, The third boy was lazy; he walked with a --- That made it appear that he had a great --- Of working sufficient to pay for the --- Which he ate, when he hadn't some meat in its ---.

One cold winter day these boys got a ---, Which they found snug and dry out under a ---, And, like the bad boys of which you have ---, Without their parents' permission they --- To the high coasting hill; soon downward they ---, But upset on the way, and one made his --- In a deep drift of snow which wet every --- Of his new suit of clothes. Another one --- So much at the nose he thought himself ---, The third one, unhurt, the way homeward ---, Where for parents' forgiveness each one humbly ---.

SCh.e.l.l.

4.

PREFIXES.

My first is a word which signifies advantage; prefix a letter and my second is the name of a river; prefix again, and my third is an excess; again, and my fourth is synonymous with one meaning of my third; once more, and my fifth is synonymous with a second meaning of my third.

E. L. E.

Answers to Puzzles in Last Number.

1.

Handel. Haydn, melody, tenor, ba.s.s--MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY.

2.

G O L D S M I T H A D D I S O N F U G U E P O E U (Central also in "Faust.") J.R.L. (James Russell Lowell.)

D A N T E I N G E L O W A B N E Y P A R K

3.

D A R E D N E A R S D R E A D L A V E D D E E D S

_Diagonals--_ D, an, red, earl, dread, save, Dee, D. D., s.

4.

It is a serious (cereous) matter, and a wicked work brought to light. He is making light of a serious (cereous) matter.

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