25 JUNE 1988, Page 53

No. 1531: Skin game

Boswell records for 1 April 1775 that Johnson scraped and dried orange skins, but refused to say what he did with them then. A solution, please (maximum 150 words) in the style of Johnson himself, Conan Doyle, P. G. Wodehouse or A. A. Milne. Entries to 'Competition No. 1531' by 8 July.