Answer: Wellington, Waterloo.
In the modification of this puzzle, which we here treat under the title of "Hidden Words," the practice is to so construct the sentence from which the hidden word is to be picked out, that all the letters forming the word shall be found consecutively and in their proper order. Greater care has, consequently, to be exercised by the proposer of the riddle, while, at the same time, the difficulty of guessing the answer remains sufficient to make the task worth attempting. The few illustrations following will be useful as examples of the nature of the puzzle. The letters out of which the hidden word is composed are printed in italics, to make the object of the puzzle clear to all:—
I at once rowed over to the opposite side of the river.
The hidden word is the name of a seaport town in England, a fashionable sea-side resort, and a military depôt.
Answer: Dover.
Fear nothing from me, I have no wish to harm you.
Hidden word is the name of a river in Italy.
Answer: Arno.
Hush, Ann, only you need go.
The name of one of the largest and most historically celebrated rivers in the British Isles.