KEY PUZZLES, CONUNDRUMS, &c. I advise all the little girls not to look at this key until they have tried to guess for themselves at least one hour. Perhaps they will think my putting this caution here, is like the Irishman, who wrote inside his letter, "Don't open this till the end of the year;" but if they have turned to the key rather too quick, they can easily turn back, and try again. "There is nothing like trying;" and even in trifles, it is a good thing to persevere. 1. G traversé Par i sans sous liers. 4. G sous P sous les o o o ranges J'ai traversé Paris, sans sou- J'ai soupe sous les orangiers. 5. G dans C, a c. J'ai dansé assez. CONUNDRUMS 1. Because it is in the midst of 33. Both study the profits. (ProGreece. (Grease.) phets.) 2. Because its capital is always 34. They would go after tea. 7. He keeps the pass over. (Pass. 39. The winds rose and the storms 18. Because there is not a single 50. It is Pekin. 67. He is not a tall black. (Not 85. They are both in-convenient. 68. He lives on the skirts of the 86. When it is ajar. A far. 87. Because it holds a gallon. (Gall on. 88. A pair of scissors. 89. Noise. 90. He is above-doing a wrong action. 91. A horse has four legs; no horse has five legs. 92. It would be deceased. (D ceased. 93. It is out of the head. 94. A ditch. 95. A bee follows it. (B.) 96. It is not currant. (Current.) 97. He is surmounted. 98. She is a diving belle. 99. It makes hot shot. (Shot.) 100. They are far-fetched and troublesome. 101. It has a marble-head. (Marblehead.) 1. Ce son les imprimeurs des livres. The printers of books; because their types are called characters. 2. Quand il est serein. (Serin.) Serein in French means cloudless; and serin a Canary bird. on the similarity of sound be tween Perses and perce; the first means the Persians, and the last to stab, to pierce. 5. C'est la plante des pieds; the French phrase for sole of the feet. 3. C'est Cyrus. In French pro- 6. C'est celui d'Absalom; parce nounced six Russes; which means six Russians. 4. C'est qu' Alexandre le grand a mis les Perses en pieces; et qu'un tonnelier met les pieces en perce. The pun is founded 7. qu'il est tiré par les cheveux. Tiré means drawn and pulled. Lapin VII. (La pincette.) Lapin 7th sounds in French like la pincette, which means the tongs. |