*A**
A**A
*E**
*A*E

[Solution]

A QUAINT INSCRIPTION

36. The following curious inscription may be seen on a card hanging up in the bar of an old riverside inn in Norfolk:—

THEM * ILL * ERSLEA * VET * HEMI
LLT * HEW * HER * RYMEN * LOW
ERTH * EIRS * AILTH * EMA
LTS * TER * SLE * AVET * HE * KI
LN * FORAD * ROPO * FTH
EWHI * TESW * AN * SALE.

Can you decipher it?

[Solution]

A POET’S PI

37.

TONDEBNIOTOCHUMFOARYHUR
OTDIRECTTHAWHOTERSOFKLSYA;
TIKATESTUBALIGHTSTILLETRUFLYR
OTBOWLALLNEFESLEAVARFWYAA.