geographical pictorial acrostic.
The initials and finals of the lines formed by the above objects give the names of two countries.
DOUBLE MESOSTICH.
My central letters read downwards will form the names of two characters from Shakespeare.
1. A desire.
2. A musical wind instrument.
3. A flock.
4. A kind of checkered cloth.
5. An old game.
6. Termination.
Nora Besley.
(Aged 15.)
Rose Mount, Sydenham Rise.
RIDDLE-ME-REE.
My first is in light, but not in dark;
My second is in field, but not in park.
My third is in gate, but not in door;
My fourth is in ceiling, but not in floor;
My fifth is in three, but not in two;
My whole is a beast well known to you.
W. Pigott.
(Aged 13¾.)