ADVENTURES OF THE PUZZLE CLUB
square ; and I doubt whether there are two of exactly the same size.
If only I knew the size of the field I could soon discover it, and, by
taking these simple measurements, quickly secure the treasure.'
" * But you would not know which corner to start from, nor
which direction to go to the next corner/
My dear chap, that only means eight spots at the most to dig
over ; and as the paper says that the treasure is three feet deep, you
bet that wouldn't take me long.*
" Now, gentlemen," continued Dawkins, " I happen to be a bit
of a mathematician ; and, hearing the conversation, I saw at once
that for a spot to be exactly two, three, and four furlongs from suc-
cessive corners of a square, the square must be of a particular area.
You can't get such measurements to meet at one point in any square
you choose. They can only happen in a field of one size, and that
is just what these men never suspected. I will leave you the puzzle
of working out just what that area is.
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