[2] The Deerslayer, by J. Fenimore Cooper. There are several cheap editions published which can be easily obtained.
PUZZLERS FOR WISE HEADS.
8.—Rhymed Metagram.
1. Now thin and plain, now rich and sweet,
But nearly always good to eat.
2. A pigment painters use when they
The lovely blushing rose portray.
3. A garden tool we sometimes need
When smoothing soil and sowing seed.
4. Our true regard for any friend;
The purpose, final cause, or end.
5. To seize, to choose, to get, to hold,
Sometimes to catch, as we catch cold.
6. Active, alive, to cease from sleep;
A noisy Irish feast to keep.