Alger: Algiers, a seaport town, the c

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may be read alike horizontally and vortically. The words must consist of the same number of letters apiece,

consisting of an enigmatical representation of words or phrases by means of figures or

pictures, or arrangements of words suggestive of them. ‘1 he word is said to have been derived from satirical plays composed by the clerics of Picardy at the annual carnival, and which, from their reference to current topics, were entitled

De rebus quae geruntur, i.e. ‘concerning things which are happening,' ‘on current events.’