Here is a little subtraction sum, which is not quite so simple as it appears to be:—

miles furlongs rods yards feet inches
1„0„0„0„0„0
7„39„5„1„5

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Try it as it stands, without reducing the distance to inches.

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70. A DOUBLET BY MISSING WORDS

Can you, by supplying the missing words, turn a grilse into a salmon? One letter is changed each time, and, except in one case, the order of the letters varies:—

To silver Tweed, or broader Spey,
The grilse of ......, ...... gay,
Glides on; the ...... ...... draws
When salmon follows Nature’s laws.

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71. AN ENIGMA