2. If a ——, or even a —— had —— at will through that well-kept ——, the plants would have been in great ——.
3. If —— grow in the Levantine island of ——, at least ——and —— are to be found there. This was told me as a —— fact.
4. Neither a precious stone such as a ——, nor a —— —— of pealed willow, nor even a —— of the sweet-pea vine, is of much account to an animal so savage as the ——. W.
PROVERB REBUS.
CHARADE.
Within my first, by no breeze stirred,
My second, mirrored, saw my third,
And plucked it, juicy, ripe and red,
From a stray branch just overhead.
A town in India, owned by France,
My whole, might well enrich romance.
J. P. B.