41. A CHARADE
My first the rainbow shows
When in rich hues it glows.
My next has vowels three;
My third was once a tree.
My fourth begins the year,
My whole the past makes clear.
42. ASK A SCHOOLBOY
If you tell a schoolboy that the longest side of a triangular field measures 100 rods, and that each of the other sides measures 50 rods, and ask him to estimate the value of its grass at £1 per acre, how should he answer?
43. A WHOLE LESS THAN ITS PART
Less than my last, my whole has place
Between my first and second:
Second has body, arms and face;
First is by inches reckoned.