s Duke the nation gave.

2. He sought to reach the Northern Pole
Through ice-field and o'er wave.

3. Greek grammarian and poet, who
On fish- and hunt- ing wrote.

4. In the train of P. Emilius
Marched this Persian king of note.

5. His "Emblems" are delightful,
Meeting many persons' needs.

6. Emperor Ferdinand II.
He delivered from the Swedes.

7. Son of Antonio Tatti,
A sculptor great you see.

8. The greatest tragic actor
That the French have known was he.

9. Italian priest and scholar,
To whom Gregory [XIII.] gave a pension.

10. He succeeded Eleutherius
As Rome's Bishop I may mention.

11. In the Valley Forge he suffered,
But he triumphed at the last.

12. The "Night Thoughts" his other poems
I think certainly surpassed.

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ANSWER TO PUZZLE NO. 18.

SENIOR DIVISION.--SALAMANDER.

1. ~S~ quirrel.
2. ~A~ nchovy.
3. ~L~ agotis.
4. ~A~ lligator.
5. ~M~ ammoth.
6. ~A~ ristotle's lantern.
7. ~N~ ightingale.
8. ~D~ igitigrades.
9. ~E~ agle.
10. ~R~ hombus minimus.

CLASS I.--Consisting of those who have gained eleven marks:--E. Maynard.

CLASS II.--Consisting of those who have gained ten marks or less:--A.
Bradbury, H. Blunt, M. Bradbury, N. Besley, G. Burne, F. Callcott, J.
Cooper, M Cooper, H. Cholmondeley, G. Clayton, A. Chappell, G. Dundas,
A. Elliot, C. Gilbert, A. Garnham, H. Gill, E. Hobson, C. Hart, D. von.
Hacht, B. Hudson, M. Heddle, M. Jakeman, J. Lewenz, H. Leake, H. Leah,
E. A. Lloyd, A. M. Lynch, B. Law, C. J. Mather, E. McCaul, C. Morin, J.
Puckle, E. Pratt, E. Rudd, C. Stanton, W. Seymer, M. Addison-Scott, A.
Stoneham, G. Sayer, A. Solomon, B. Tomlinson, U. Tracy, L. Webb, K.
Williams, A. Wilson, E. Wedgwood, E. F. Woolf, W. C. Wilson. N.B.--All
competitors have been credited with light eight, as a letter was
accidentally omitted. Notwithstanding this we are pleased to note that
the light was correctly solved by many competitors.

JUNIOR DIVISION.--REINDEER.

1. ~R~ obin Redbreast.
2. ~E~ xocetus exiliens.
3. ~I~ guanodon.
4. ~N~ arwhal.
5. ~D~ ormouse,
6. ~E~ ider Duck.
7. ~E~ lephant.
8. ~R~ ingdove.

CLASS I.--Consisting of those who have gained nine marks:--A.
Allsebrook, F. H. C. Burne, D. Blunt, L. Besley, L. Biddle, E. Brake. F.
Boreham, C. Burne, A. Coom