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"St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, Nov 1877-Nov 1878 No 1, Nov 1877"


E.J.A.

PUZZLE BOUQUET.
1. A cunning animal and a covering for the hand. 2. A voracious bird
of prey and a useless plant. 3. A pipe and a flower. 4. A sweetmeat
and a bunch of hair. 5. A noun meaning a quick breaking and a winged
serpent. 6. A stone fence and the blossom of a plant. 7. Fragrant and
a vegetable. 8. An entertainment of dancing and a boy's nickname.
9. Vapor frozen in flakes, and to let fall. 10. To enter into the
conjugal state, and a precious metal.
GEORGE CHINN.

TRANSPOSITIONS.
Fill the first blank with a certain word, and then, by transposing
the final letter to the place of the initial, form a word to fill the
second blank. Example: In the _halls_ of her ancestors she _shall_
tread without fear.
1. There is not on ---- a person of larger ----. 2. On the banks of
the ---- the traveler ---- alone. 3. As the thought of her kindness
---- up in my heart, it causes it to ---- with gratitude. 4. It was
with no ---- intent that ---- destroyed his first will.


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