106 HOME AMUSEMENTS.

My whole, although an useful fruit,
Will neither bake nor boil;

But you'll be put in mind of it,
By corn, and wine, and oil.

 

CHARADE XXIX.
M* first is a thing of the quadruped kind,

But whether domestic or wild,
A guesser of charades will easily find;
And it often is seen with a child.

My second’s a vowel, which you must find out;
My third is composed of a bone:

Yet the tusk which is known to be polished and stout,
In this third has been frequently known.

My whole’s the cessation of sorrow and care,
Where the weary will always find rest;

And oft has it proved a relief to despair,
Which arose from the griefs of the breast.

 

CHARADE XXX.
Y first is equality; my second is inferiority; my
whole is superiority.