| Answer: | (a) | 751 | = | D C C L I | and | E P A Y O N E, | or | E ncyclopedi | A. |
| (b) | 550 | = | D L | „ | A N O G O, | „ | G ondol | A. |
| (c) | 100 | = | C | „ | T H Y E A R, | „ | Y achte | R. |
| (d) | 6 | = | V I | „ | S P O O R, | „ | P rovis | O. |
| (e) | 1050 | = | M L | „ | E S A T A N, | „ | T alesma | N. |
| —EGYPT, AARON. |
| (3) | (a) | 51 | and | u bath | (a large flat fish). |
| (b) | 51 | „ | a nob | (a name given to persons whose hair is not of a natural
colour). |
| (c) | 5 | „ | ber | (a part of speech). |
| (d) | 551 | „ | asu ana | (a Spanish province). |
| (e) | 201 | „ | ran to | (a stupefying drug). |
| (f) | 102 | „ | r n t | (an acid). |
| (g) | 250 | „ | uoapa | (a town on the Mexican coast). |
The initials and finals, read as before, will resolve themselves respectively into the name of a well-known town in the West Indies, and the chief product for which it is celebrated:—
| Answer: | (a) | 51 | = | L I | and | U B A T H, | or | H alibu | T. |
| (b) | 51 | = | L I | „ | A N O B, | „ | A lbin | O. |
| (c) | 5 | = | V | „ | BER, | „ | V er | B. |
| (d) | 551 | = | D L I | „ | A S U A N A, | „ | A ndalusi | A. |
| (e) | 201 | = | C C I | „ | RANTO, | „ | N arcoti | C. |
| (f) | 102 | = | C I I | „ | RNT, | „ | N itri | C. |
| (g) | 250 | = | C C L | „ | UOAPA, | „ | A capulc | O. |
| —HAVANNA, TOBACCO. |
Without giving the full details, as above, showing how the puzzles are to be worked out, we will now give some examples of Arithmorems which form the names of persons who have, in their different ways of life, made those names illustrious and honoured. Afterwards will be found the titles of books, names of birds, beasts, and fishes. These various examples will show what a vast source of entertainment is here disclosed for the display of wit, ingenuity, and knowledge.
| 1.—1,051 | and | run the tar. | Is honoured as a reformer. |
| 2.—550 | „ | after the rage. | Is honoured as a kingly king. |
| 3.—1,251 | „ | shout brush rope. | Is honoured as a discoverer. |
| 4.—102 | „ | no east warns. | Is honoured as a mathematician. |
| 5.—701 | „ | H. larks seen. | Is honoured as a novelist. |
| 6.—150 | „ | hat, robe or tent. | Is honoured as a novelist (lady). |
| 7.—550 | „ | Yes, fear not, n.n. | Is honoured as a poet. |
| 8.—1,506 | „ | Ad hue. | Is honoured as an historian. |
ANSWERS.
1Martin Luther, 2Alfred the Great, 3Christopher Columbus, 4Sir Isaac Newton, 5Charles Dickens, 6 Charlotte Bronte, 7Alfred Tennyson, 8David Hume.
| Puzzles. | Answers. |
| 101 | and | Or burn nose so. | Robinson Crusoe. |
| 657 | „ | Few fear oak. | Vicar of Wakefield. |
| 1,552 | „ | Ah! for that one. | Heart of Midlothian. |
| 151 | „ | A pen. | Pelican. |
| 1,001 | „ | Pat rang, | Ptarmigan. |
| 1,100 | „ | Roar not. | Cormorant. |
| 50 | „ | A pet one. | Antelope. |
| 550 | „ | Opera. | Leopard. |
| 1,500 | „ | Or ye dar. | Dromedary. |
| 105 | „ | No hay. | Anchovy. |
| 2 | „ | Bet what. | Whitebait. |
| 651 | „ | Harp. | Pilchard. |
| 50 | „ | On port lent a hoy. | Anthony Trollope. |
| 551 | „ | In jam is bee ran. | Benjamin Disraeli. |
| 5 | „ | Cors nil ort mem. | Mortimer Collins |
| 101 | „ | Sink oil well. | Wilkie Collins. |
| 100 | „ | Nor real meat fry. | Florence Marryat. |
| 105 | „ | To pay more rent. | Coventry Patmore. |
| 1,500 | „ | For jaunty he on sea. | James Anthony Froude. |