The millers leave the mill,
The wherrymen lower their sail;
The maltsters leave the kiln,
For a drop of the White Swan’s ale.

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37. A POET’S PI

TONDEBNIOTOCHUMFOARYHUR
OTDIRECTTHAWHOTERSOFKLSYA;
TIKATESTUBALIGHTSTILLETRUFLYR
OTBOWLALLNFESLEAVARFWYAA

is disentangled thus:—

Don’t be in too much of a hurry
To credit what other folks say;
It takes but a slight little flurry
To blow fallen leaves far away.

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38. BURIED PLACES

The five buried places are Deal, London, Esk, Perth, and Baden. The word is Ourangoutang.

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