Than, after every evening meal,
Walk the distance I reveal.
Answer: M (1,000), I (half of two), L (fifty), E (onE's final letter)—Mile
"After supper walk a mile."—Old English Proverb.
| Puzzle. | Answer. | |
| A famous English warrior duke, |  | Marlborough. |
| Whose battles are renowned; | ||
| A celebrated admiral, | | Drake. |
| Who first the globe sailed round; | ||
| A navigator who was killed | | Cook. |
| By savage treachery; | ||
| A noted voyager who first | | Cabot. |
| America did see; | ||
| A sailor second in command | | Collingwood. |
| In great Trafalgar's fight; | ||
| The vessel in which Nelson fell, | | Victory. |
| In his struggle for the right. |
The initials of these six words take,
And place them side by side;
Then they will name, as thus arranged,
The year when Nelson died.
Answer: M = 1,000; D = 500; CCC = 300; V = 5; or, 1805.