Chapter 9

36.pictorial puzzle

36.pictorial puzzle

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37.pictorial puzzle

37.pictorial puzzle

37.

38. Why is a parish bell like a good story?

39. What belongs to yourself, yet is used by others more than yourself?

40.

In camps about the centre I appear;In smiling meadows seen throughout the year;The silent angler views me in the streams,And all must trace me in their morning dreams,First in the mob conspicuous I stand,Proud of the lead, and ever in command.

In camps about the centre I appear;In smiling meadows seen throughout the year;The silent angler views me in the streams,And all must trace me in their morning dreams,First in the mob conspicuous I stand,Proud of the lead, and ever in command.

In camps about the centre I appear;

In smiling meadows seen throughout the year;

The silent angler views me in the streams,

And all must trace me in their morning dreams,

First in the mob conspicuous I stand,

Proud of the lead, and ever in command.

41. The head of a whale is six feet long; his tail is as long as his head and half his body, and his body is half of his whole length. How long is the whale?

42. A hundred stones are placed, in a straight line, a yard distant from each other. How many yards must a person walk, who undertakes to pick them up, and place them in a basket stationed one yard from the first stone?

43.

My first is a part of the day,My last a conductor of light,My whole to take measure of time,Is useful by day and by night.

My first is a part of the day,My last a conductor of light,My whole to take measure of time,Is useful by day and by night.

My first is a part of the day,

My last a conductor of light,

My whole to take measure of time,

Is useful by day and by night.

44. I am a word of three syllables, each of which is a word; my first is an article in common use; my second, an animal of uncommon intelligence; my third, though not an animal, is used in carrying burdens. My whole is a useful art.

45.

There was a man who wasnotborn,His father wasnotborn before him,He, didnotlive, he didnotdie,And his epitaph isnoto’er him.

There was a man who wasnotborn,His father wasnotborn before him,He, didnotlive, he didnotdie,And his epitaph isnoto’er him.

There was a man who wasnotborn,

His father wasnotborn before him,

He, didnotlive, he didnotdie,

And his epitaph isnoto’er him.

46. Why is a nail, fast in the wall, like an old man?

47. Why does a miller wear a white hat?


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