NEW RIDDLES.

Otago Witness, Issue 1581, 4 March 1882, Page 24

NEW RIDDLES.

the Prize Competition all Riddles must be original.)

2641. CHARADB.-By Cupid, Pukeuri:— If love epistles tender lines impart,— And fint and second are sent to sound your heart.-Lefc all such whole by any faithful maid- or confidant, be secretly conveyed.— Soon from the whole you'll iud ge. if read with care,— When feigned a p»ssion is, and when sincsre:—Ere in return you write, some time require :— Delays, if not too Img, increase d<s<re ; -Nor let the preasiog youth with ease obtam.-Nor yet refuse him with too rude disdaln.-Be sure avoid set phrases when you write :—The usual way of speech ia more polite. 2642. WORDS Fquaßß.— By Adonitis, Dunedin :-- 1, For hoisting boats ; 2, past ; 8, chooses by suffrage ; 4, inactive ; 6, peevish. 2643. Charadb.— By Jessie and Aleck, Pukerau:— My first was a sweet-voiced sod, -Wonhipped in days ol old:— My second means to haTden,— When after heat cometh cold.— My whole is said to be good —By Edith, Tom, and Joel :— 'Ti« a second cooked in my flrßt,— And therefore called my whole. 2644. Star Puzzle —By Bella, Peninsula :— 1 (Borizantal line), Action ; reversed, favourites. 2 (diagonol line), to check; reversed, repositories 8 (perpendicular Hue), an enclosure ; reversed, a convejance. 4 (diagonal line), a m»rk of reference; reversed, members of the family muridce. 2645. Chaiudb.— By A G Nicol, Greymouth :— In February, March, and April mootbß— My second we this y*>ar sse ;— 1 do not think I'll first myself :— That my bent Ido you'll agree There are many things that are whole,— Among which are men of note,— And things you daily see and feel :— Perhaps your hat and coat. 2646. Words Squaik —By KHz*, Orookston :— 1, A New Zealand racehorse ; 2, an island of the Inner Hebrides (Scotland) ; 8, a South American animal ; 4, noxious exhalations ; 6, yea, and an animal of burden. 2647. Oharadb,— By H Brazier, Alexandra South :— My firft, transposed, did in feudal times— Save the ! lives of many in north' m climes;— My second for I prey is on the scent,— And flies o'er the earth with that intent.— My whole, if you wish, you may see any day,— And the answer to this is quite clear, you Bay. 2648. Ngatoroiranou PtJZZLB.— By Fitz Bairy, Kurl Busu :— 1, A peculiar word that our ancestors believed had power, if properly written, to cure the great shivering disease ; 2, the birthplace of Maigiret of Navarre and Balsac ; 3, a Bhield-bearer who was killed by a blow from Ulysses' weapon of war ; 4, an empire of the present day ;6, a town in the kingdom of Italy ; 6, a son of the god of the sea ; 7, a grandson of OhsrleMaitol ; 8, a Greek historian who lived in the first decade of the sixteenth century ; 9. a town in Italy. Centrals name a country, in the progress of which New Zealandera take a great interest. Kach word begins with the letter ' a '; and the answers to numbers 8, 4, 6, 6, 7 contain sevea letters each ; 2 and 8, nine ; and 1 and 9, eleven each. 2649. Charade.— By Albert E Hardy, Oamaro :— My first is an affuctlop of the miad excited by the qualities ot au object which communicate pleasure, sensual or intellectual ; aiy second is a periodical celebration of some event. Complete, lam a religious repast held quarterly by the Wesleyau Methodiits. 2660. Words Square.— By Excelsior, Queenstown :— 1, An imaginary monster who ate human kelaga ; 2, pleased ; S, degree of value ; 4, the name of an ancient garden. ' 2651. Charadb.— By Alex Kidd, Wyndham :— My first is something like a be.rd J second, a vowel ; third, the end or tail of auything. Whole, a feast in the open air. 2652. Charadb.— By B Blunt, Gore:— Having left, home without my whole (a little article at times of great service to l»di s when in the open air), I sat down in my second, being quite overcome with my first. 2653. Aorostio.— By Christina G, Waikaka :— 1, A cleft ; 2, a pbco where birds of prey build and batcb ; 8, a course of dishes ; 4, a small napkin. . The pnmalB will show the surname' of a fatuous English phonographic reporter, who nays that French is the most useful of modern languages. 2654. Charade.— By Peplta, Oamaru :— I teok an infusiou of my third and fourth on my first and second day, and made my whole— the name of a nymph in claahic story who was beloved by one of the Cyc'opa,