ENIGMA.
I am a word composed of six letters.
- My 4, 3, 4, 6 is what everybody was once.
- My 4, 3, 2 is the name of a bird that flies all night.
- My 4, 3, 5, 6 is an article used by merchants.
- My 5, 3, 1, 2 is used by the shoemakers.
- My 6, 6, 5 is an animal that inhabits rivers.
- My 4, 3, 2, 2, 5, 6 is a thing that was done in the revolution.
- My 3, 5, 6 is a pleasant beverage.
- My 3, 2, 3, 5, 6 is what the little folks like.
- My 1, 3, 5, 6 is a thing often done.
- And my last, 4, 6, 3, 2, is what Paddy gave the drum. And my whole is in every town.
H. E. H. suggests Admiral Nelson, as a solution of the puzzle of thirteen letters in the May number of the Museum. He is right.
The following puzzles are among the great number sent for insertion.
I am a word of 16 letters.
- My 1, 2, 7 is a witty fellow.
- My 12, 9, 13, 5, 15, 7 is often applied to a wanderer.
- My 13, 11, 12, 7, 14, 6, 5, 2 is one of the United States.
- My 4, 2, 12, 12, 9, 1 is an agricultural instrument.
- My 2, 12, 8, 5, 3, 2, 10 is a workman.
- My 16, 14, 6 is a sort of snare.
- My whole is the name of a distinguished American writer.
Yours respectfully,
F.
I am a word of 13 letters.