THE RIDDLER.

Otago Witness, Issue 1852, 20 May 1887, Page 27

THE RIDDLER.

New Riddles.

4406. Double Acbostio :— With coiißcioua power first did retrieve His lost position, then backward returns ; While second, impassive, first's caress receives, ' But his efforts tq move him quite cooly spurns. Bead in close combination my first and my second, And one of Dunedin's attractions is aeen ; A park whose beauties may well be reckoned. In claiming for our city from its rivals the title' of queen. ' <■' -

LIGHTS. .

A Scriptural name, my meaning swoet ; In Mediterranean me you'll meet ; ■ Me also the Bible will help you to find ; Again in Mediterranean search if you've a mind ; On a' chart of the world I always appear * ■ ■ • As a point of the compass for which mariner's steer. 4407. BIHBADING AND TBANSPOSITIOK :—

A town in England. Behead and transpose, an aged sage; curtail and transpose, a mineral; behead, a sound; behead, a single specimen; curtail, a preposition ; transpose, an adverb. , , , 4408. Charade :— . My first is what you cast aside ; A letter next will be espied ; My third and fourth we often tee Upon our tables when at tea ; ' My whole's a man both low and mean, In Leeds I hope but seldom seen. 4409. Numbered Charade :—: —

Eighteen letters, and am a useful article. My 3, 8, 9, 6is hypocritical ; my 7, 12, 13, 10 a collection; my 18, 2, 5- an adversary ; my 1, 16, 14, 4is ohoice ; my 11, 16, 9 relation ; my 15, 2, 17 used in agriculture. 4410. TBAKSPosiTioif.-i-By Eliza, Crookston :—

HET SAUNBALTAIOBY. I onldge to ese hte dewi idwe dlwor ' ' Of ciwhh my herfat kedtal,. • ' > > For eroth dslan dah bnee hai meho, In roej h mescll de'h dwealk. ~ Hd'e tredays, ongamst irthe reyato'd eetsstr, He'd wnkno rithe eybu gonthr : My yishbo arthe saw lal woagl To eb oseth nessec ongam. Answers to Riddles published May 6. 4396. Double Aobos- 4397. Dkcapitatioxb. — tic :—: — By Mignonette : — T a B Oab P Madam, Adam; part, O RANO B I KDI A &. Pleaaei Iea ' c 5 af ° n0 ' Wal L T A R 4398. OhabADß^,N v T Yob X Furlough. 4399. Dbop Vowbi..— By Kliza, Crookston,;— If happiness has not her seat and centre in the breast, , ' . We may be wiae, or rioh, or great, but nevsr can be blessed.

Correct Answers* Romany Rye, Musselburgh, 4396, 97, 99, J. Stephenson, Dunedin, 4397, 99. Thcr»ites, Oamaru, 4397, 98, 99.