29. Scottish may be lighter than Irish men, for while Irishmen may be men of Cork, Scotsmen may be men of Ayr.
30. Because barbers do not cut hair any longer!
31. Colenso.
32. This is Archbishop Whately’s riddle, and a solution, suggested long after his offer of £50 had expired:—
When from the Ark’s capacious round
Mankind came forth in pairs,
Who was it that first heard the sound
Of boots upon the stairs?
To him who cons the matter o’er,
A little thought reveals,
He heard it first who went before
Two pairs of soles and eels!