CORNER FOR THE INGENIOUS.

Southland Times, Issue 1260, 3 June 1870, Page 2

CORNER FOR THE INGENIOUS.

5; Name, a well known musical instrument, a common dye, an Indian boat, a regicide, a river in South America, a famous English Parliament, a great British dependency, and a season of the r year. The initials read forwards, and the terminals read backwards, will give the names of two of the most powerful sovereigns of Europe. .6. A dinner bill amounted to £18 4s 6d, and ; , each person paid as many sixpences as there were persons in the company. Query — How many we r e< there? .". 2. How many apples 1J incheß in diameter, are equal to one 2$ inches in diameter ? (Solutions of the above received up to the 14th of June.) ; ANSWER TO PUZZIB No. 4. v _ Vln Scotland flows the river Don, Poors and chests all have locks on ; Every lock should have a Jcey— If any one this fails to see, '"What & donkey he must be. Correct solution of Question from Veritas only. . : _ . \ Correct answers to Puzzle from Maria, (Caledonian^ School), Jeannette, Peter the •' little, Bluthr and Hossfly, and Veritas. As Veritas is the only one who has sent in a solution of Question No. 3, it may be safely inferred that there are more difficulties than one ' ' to be encountered. The Question he propounds involves nearly the same principles, and as vastari amount of labor. As our object is to interest the public generally, it will subserve no good _ purpose to propound questions to which solutions cannot be expected. Were such a question as this, ■ for instance, to be given — "Mount Everest, one of the Himalayas, is 2,700 feet high, what is the extent of visible horizon, supposing the earth to be. a perfect sphere, and allowing one-twelfth for refraction ?" We are quite sure no solution would be sent in. Will Veritas favor us with one ? . . NJB.— It is requested that correspondents will in future address their communications to Southlahd Tihes.