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Harrhy, How did you get peacocks??

(Sorry to butt in, Harrhy)

It's a biblical reference:"For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks."

46. Pigeons? as in cat(moggy) among the..

79. Wood pigeon ?

No problem Bullfrog!
My source was slightly different, the poem Cargoes by John Masefield which our school choir sang many years ago:

Quinquereme of Nineveh from distant Ophir
Rowing home to haven in sunny Palestine
With a cargo of ivory,
And apes and peacocks,
Sandalwood, cedarwood, and sweet white wine.

63 DIVERS

Hebrews 1:1 'God, who at sundry times and in DIVERS manners.....'

Bit of a long shot
52 Go sling

Oh!

52 .... is about infants not infantry. You must have thought I was crazy earlier suggesting DUCK!

How about STORK instead?

JimC

Stork sounds more sensible!

52 ... ... or, as the clue says mechanism, maybe CRANE? Do they bring babies also??

JimC