* * * * * 33. What useful discovery was made by lighting a fire on the sand and using pieces of natron (sub-carbonate of soda) to support the cooking-pot? * * * * * 34. What are the "Borrowed Days" and how do they come by their name? * * * * * 35. What is the simplest and least troublesome of all cookery processes? * * * * * 36. Are there any extinct volcanoes in Great Britain? The answers to the above questions, Nos. 25-36, together with the answers to questions 37-48, which are yet to appear, must be sent in on or before January 27, 1899. Address to THE EDITOR, THE GIRL'S OWN PAPER Office, 56, Paternoster Row, London, E.C., and at the left-hand top corner of the envelope or wrapper write the words "QUESTIONS COMPETITION." OUR NEW PUZZLE POEM. [Illustration] ⁂ PRIZES to the amount of six guineas (one of which will be reserved for competitors living abroad) are offered for the best solutions of the above Puzzle Poem. The following conditions must be observed. 1. Solutions to be written on one side of the paper only. 2. Each paper to be headed with the name and address of the competitor. 3. Attention must be paid to spelling, punctuation, and neatness. 4. Send by post to Editor, GIRL'S OWN PAPER, 56, Paternoster Row, London. "Puzzle Poem" to be written on the top left-hand corner of the envelope. 5. The last day for receiving solutions from Great Britain and Ireland will be December 17, 1898; from Abroad, February 16, 1899. * * * * * The competition is open to all without any restrictions as to sex or age. No competitor will be awarded more than one First Prize during the year (November 1898 to October 1899), but the winner of a Second Prize may still compete for a first. Not more than one First and one Second Prize will be sent to any one address during the year. * * * * * A CONSOLATION PRIZE of one guinea will be awarded to the competitor, not a prize-winner, who shall receive the highest number of marks during the year for Mention. Very Highly Commended to count 10 marks; Highly Commended to count 7 marks; Honourable Mention to count 5 marks. This will be an encouragement to all who take an interest in the puzzles and who cannot quite find their way into the front rank of solvers. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. STUDY AND STUDIO.