And in hot summer days affords a rich treat.
104. My first is half of what implies good-humor; my second makes sense of my first; my third sounds like the cry of a kitten; my fourth is a consonant and vowel combined; my fifth, with the addition of the initial of my third, would imply silence; and my whole is what many boys and girls prize highly.
105.
I am composed of twelve letters.
My 2, 8, 9, is a substance dug out of the earth.
“ 6, 11, 12, 8, is a numeral.
“ 4, 2, 3, is an ancient instrument of war.
“ 12, 8, 1, is a vessel used in former times.
“ 5, is a vowel.
“ 4, 7, 1, 9, is a hard substance.