College Hill Poughkeepsie, July 30th, 1842.

Mr. Merry:—

I have made out the following answers to some of your puzzles in the August No. of the Museum, which it will be gratifying to me to know are correct.

Yours respectfully.

William ——.

• To the first, of 6 letters,—Stable.
• To the second, of 16 letters,—Washington Irving.
• To the third, of 13 letters,—North Carolina.
• To the fourth, of 15 letters,—Marie Antoinette.

Mr. Merry:—

Sir,—If you think the following puzzle worthy a place in your excellent magazine, by inserting it you will confer a great favor on

A Subscriber.

I am a word of 16 letters.

• My 4, 5, 13, 15, 8, 13, is a city in Spain.
• My 13, 14, 12, is a river in Russia.
• My 1, 2, 16, 3, 5, 1, is a part of the body.
• My 4, 11, 1, 2, is a very troublesome insect.
• My 7, 8, 9, 9, 8, 5, 4, is a boy’s name.
• My 10, 8, 13, is what all are guilty of.
• My 6, 12, 3, 7, is something very common in cold weather.
• My whole is a person who has created some excitement of late.