PROVERB ENIGMA.
The proverb is composed of twenty-nine letters.
The 5, 13, 26, 19, 2 is a wild animal. The 9, 14, 20, 16, 3, 11 is a person employed in the building of houses. The 10, 23, 21, 1 is a common reptile. The 13, 4, 21, 7, 29 is a bird of fine plumage. The 25, 17, 6, 27, 8 is a bird that is attached to the dwellings of men. The 18, 28, 12, 24 is a swimming and diving bird of the Arctic Regions.
I.T.
KNIGHT'S-MOVE PUZZLE.
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| lay | tle | on | dom | braves | still | square | quered|
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| ly | truth | press | day | the | board | ly | strike|
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| bat- | this | Per- | a | free- | to | che- | from |
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| and | fierce- | who | Greeks | down | Mar- | for | on. |
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| reads | hard | than | sian | youth | the | square | this |
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| as | right | each | poured | at | horde | ward | fight |
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| long | so | knight | ly | thr'gh | the | on | leaps |
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| As | on | life's | may | up | bold- | and | to |
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The above puzzle consists of a verse of eight rhyming eight-syllable lines; each syllable occupies a square and follows in succession according to the knight's move on the chess board.
F.W.