r in an
English university; those of the middle sloping roof-edge, (8) a
regulated course of food; and those of the right-hand sloping roof-edge,
(9) withered.

The chimney is a double word-square, and reads, downward, (10) bleared,
(11) a man's name, (12) a farm-yard inclosure; across, (13) to plunge,
(14) anger, (15) a playing piece in the game of chess. The door, also,
is a double word-square: it reads, downward (16) a useful insect, (17) a
city of Burmah (Farther India), (18) a resinous substance; across, (19)
a wooden club, (20) a girl's name, (21) a part of the human body.

The left-hand window is a double word-square, and reads, downward (22)
to bend under weight, (23) a prefix, (24) hitherto; across, (25) a
secret agent, (26) exist, (27) to procure. The right-hand window, also,
is a double word-square: it reads, downward, (28) to make brown, (29) a
kind of poem, (30) angry; across, (31) a nickname for a boy, (32) a
girl's name, (33) another nickname for a boy.

H.H.D.

DROP-LETTER STAIR PUZZLE.

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Going upstairs, find (reading from right to left): 1. A fish that lives
in English waters. 2. Full to overflowing. 3. Reward 4. An animal. 5. A
lively dance. 6. An edible plant. 7. To maintain hold upon.

Going down-stairs, find (reading from left to right): 1. To peep. 2. A
part of a boat. 3. To look obliquely. 4. An aquatic plant. 5. To esteem.
6. To gather. 7. The seed of an oriental plant.

H.H.D.

PROVERB ENIGMA.

The proverb is composed of twenty-nine letters.

The 5, 13, 26, 19, 2 is a wild animal. The 9, 14, 20, 16, 3, 11 is a
person employed in the building of houses. The 10, 23, 21, 1 is a common
reptile. The 13, 4, 21, 7, 29 is a bird of fine plumage. The 25, 17, 6,
27, 8 is a bird that is attached to the dwellings of men. The 18, 28,
12, 24 is a swimming and diving bird of the Arctic Regions.

I.T.

KNIGHT'S-MOVE PUZZLE.

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