NEW RIDDLES.

Otago Witness, Issue 1499, 7 August 1880, Page 24

NEW RIDDLES.

1615. Geographical Dhhond Puzzle.—By Bella, Peninsula :— 1 A consonant; 2, a loch in Scotland ; 3, a comity In Wales; 4, a county in Ireland; 6, a country in South America; 6, a country Europe; 7, a county in Scotland; 8, a county in England; 9, a country in Europe; 10, a river in centre word; 11, a consonant. 1616. Charade.—By Anquilla, Crookßton :— My first is a colour, and al- o a mount, My next ia a bird, in England 'tis found ; My whole names a farm not so very far away, And also a houae where travellers may stay. 1517. Double Acrobtic—By Bob, Woodlands :— 1, A man's name; 2, a town in New Zealand; 3, to fix in the mind; 4, a New Zealand racehorse; 5, a lake in New Zealand', 6, a hammer which hangs at the door; 7, an island In the Mediterranean Sea. The initials and finals name two rivers in l,ew Zealand. 1518 Charade.—By Beppo, Clarksville (late Lovell's Mat):My first's a part of every ship whatever, Which ship ia loßt if you but only sever This ample structure, n,o matter what's the weather, Then for her fate I would not give a feather ; I know moßt like to ramble in my second, Which, sporting beauteous flowers, is often reckoned 1' afford the happy gazer boundless pleasure, When, sb at every stem, he finds new treasure. My whole's a town on Scotland's rugged coast, Of its size, however, I'm sure it cannot boast; But notwithstanding size, there's never danger Of finding room for any dubious stranger. 1519. Diamond Puzzle.—By JW F, Wyndham :— 1, A consonant; 2, artificial liarht; 3, a keen-eyed personage of the heathen mythology; 4, purifying; 5, one who ministers to people's vanity ; 6, what you may see some people doing on a Sunday ; 7, devoid of selfishness ; 8, down oentre; 9, incapable of engaging one's attention; 10, an object of commiseration ; 11, urgently; 12, a conveyance; 13, a woman's name ; 14, a surgeon; 15, a consonant, Down centres signify animal spirits. 1520. Charade.—By GW L, Tapanui :— My first is in coat, but not in hat, My second not in orioket, but in bat; My third is in judge, buo not in, clerk, My fourth is in swallow, but not in lark; My fifth is in hand, but not in finger, My sixth is in last as well as lingtr ; My seventh is in lake, but not in, river, My eighth is in heart, but not in liver; My ninth is in duck, but not in goose; My tenth is in( tie, but not in loose; My eleventh is In rod, hut not: in cane. Now, if these letters you place aright, A; man's name will quickly come to Bight. ' i 1521. ENiaMA.—By.Hamlet, Lovell's FJat:— ( I take part in the rites Of the goblins and sprites,' In a beautiful dream Of a midsummer night's. Lo !i a touch of my magic wa»d And all is changed—except my name, JTrom a fairy in Athenß' land To a writer of Witness f«me. Whose spicy notes and news Cannot fail to amure All who -are fond of the theme Which a Thesis construes. 1622. Double Acrostic)—By Elizi, Orookston:— 1, A New Zealand racehorse ; 2, a game; 3, rising ; 4, to tax; 5, a species of duck; 6, an ambassador of the Pope ;7, corroding fleßh; 8, an animal. Initials and finals read down name two New Zealand racehorses. 1523. OHARADB.-By Alex. Kidi, Wyndham :— My first, a New Zealand racehorse; second, hard stratum of earth; whole a cape in latitude 36 deg. 23 mm. N. 1524. Oharadb.—By A T Invercargill :— One-half of my first is the opposite of from, threefourths of my first is to concede, my second is a boat,' and my whole may be seen in nearly every part of New Zgiland. 1625. Transposition.—By A G Nicol, Greymouth :— ' Ginthon room lelv nath a sourdenals guenot, 'rtit a pervi no net thap f o eifl, Keasm tarseh atth hldoug thiw glovin stghouth wlofre'o Re'e lowf tiwh tibret nulydnerif frstie. 1526; Conundrum —By J W F, Wyndham: - What was Joan of Arc made of ? 1527. Tbansfosbd Word —By Ghost, Lovell's Flat:— When complete I'm seen Mid the splendid sheen of thousands of my kind. Now turn me round and I'll be bound Small animals you'll find. 1628. Charade.—By M and AH E, Pukerau :— My whole is seen in the sky at c'en when sunbeamß kiss the shower, And my first shines bright in th« glancing light Filling the cup of the daisy white And crowning the rose in her bower; My last as a Bign in the olden time Thro' our Mother-land was sent, 'Twaa borne by princes' and peasants' h»nd From the mountain tops to the oc^an strand ; Hoatß gathered as clouds are born or dispersed Like mißt at morn if the sign was straight or bent. 1529. Conundrum.—By Socrates, Winton :— What nouns are both proper and common? 1580. Transposition.—By Ina, Oreti :— - Rfmo yamn a ynello lathem, Hhwic ihd yb eebhc nda ipen Klie na gaeel's etns gshan no eht rtsec Fo eplurp laeepnnn.