I love strolling ....... that wander around,
Each ....... a ....... in versatile skill;
Each ....... so quaint, each idea so profound,
My barn’s at their service, whenever they will.
A company played there last night, but to-day
Ducks ......., and poultry have vanished away!
The missing words are spelt with the same seven letters.
No. LVIII.—SUBTLE SELFISHNESS
Four poor men were living in the cottages shown in this diagram, round a central lake well stocked with fish. Four rich men built their houses further afield, and selfishly determined to exclude their neighbours from access to the water.
How could they do this effectually without cutting themselves off from the lake?
46. AN ARITHMOREM
150 hat robe or tent