At dusk, year after year, the old man rambled home.
The children cried, hearing such dismal tales.
are Sumatra, Cyprus, Formosa, Borneo, Skye, Malta.
4. The seven geographical names “buried” in the sentence, “We could hide a light royal boat with a man or two; the skipper, though, came to a bad end,” are Deal, Troy, Witham, Esk, Perth, Baden, Aden.
5. The jumbled letter lines read thus:—
Let those who deal in mystic rhymes
This transposition trace;
And to The Standard send betimes
Each letter in its place.
6.