2. A PREDOMINANT VOWEL

Can you fill in the missing letters which are needed to turn the oft-repeated “u” below into rhyming verse:—

.u.. .u.u. .u..u.., ..u...u. .u.. u..u..,
.u... .u.., .u. .u..u.. .u..u... ..u...u. ..u..;
...u.. .u...., .u.. .u..u.. ..u... .u... .u... u..u..,
U. .u...., .u.. ..u..-.u.u., .u..u.’. .u...u. .u..

[Solution]

No. V.—TESSELATED DIAMOND
By G. Slater

106
13 109
113 16 14
12 110 107 15
42 9 11 100 78
74 81 112 10 56 71
67 53 87 111 83 43 34
27 49 50 35 59 63 84 6
96 26 46 72 68 39 37 115 7
30 95 97 76 75 33 85 3 116 114
91 31 28 94 40 61 82 120 2 5 117
92 90 25 64 89 47 41 119 121 8
29 93 58 62 54 69 86 4 118
32 66 60 57 73 52 80 1
44 79 65 19 45 48 36
51 38 104 18 55 70
88 22 103 105 77
99 23 20 102
100 98 17
21 101
24

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In this ingenious diamond all rows and both diagonals add up to 671; in the four corner diamonds all add up to 244; and in the central diamond, and the 16 rows of threes surrounding it, to 183.