Z was the letter which I had to guess out,

Abel, the antediluvian, was killed by Cain,

Rat is a troublesome animal to man;

The whole is the name that king Nebuchadnezzar

Gave to Daniel the prophet, and called Belteshazzar.

From a blue-eyed friend, B. W. P.

MERRY’S MUSEUM.

Vol. VI. AUGUST, 1843. No. 2.