8.—Rhymed Metagram.

1. Now thin and plain, now rich and sweet,
But nearly always good to eat.

2. A pigment painters use when they
The lovely blushing rose portray.

3. A garden tool we sometimes need
When smoothing soil and sowing seed.

4. Our true regard for any friend;
The purpose, final cause, or end.

5. To seize, to choose, to get, to hold,
Sometimes to catch, as we catch cold.

6. Active, alive, to cease from sleep;
A noisy Irish feast to keep.

C. J. B.

[Answers on page 195.]

Answers to Puzzles on [Page 130].

6.—1.Cat.2.Yes.3.Will.4.Pony.5.Dry.
Rat.Yet.Pill.Pond.Day.
Rag.Pet.Pile.Bond.Way.
Hag.Pot.Pine.Band.Pay.
Hog.Not.Pint.Bard.Pat.
Dog.No.Pent.Bare.Pet.
Went.Care.Wet.
Won't.Cart.

7.—Never despair.

  1. Paris.
  2. Pear.
  3. Rasp.
  4. Veer.
  5. Rip.
  6. Near.
  7. Nerves.
  8. Spain.
  9. Span.
  10. Drip.

THE TWO PUPILS.