Between the front and two side legs of the table mirrors are fixed, which reflect the similar surroundings, so that the performer, kneeling behind these, and putting his head through a hole in the table top, completely conceals his body and limbs from the audience.

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No. CXXV

The picture charade is completed thus—

My first may blow the candle out,
My second then comes in;
My whole in water moves about
Without an oar or fin—

and is solved by Puffin.

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No. CXXVI