THE CANTERBURY PUZZLES
the square of 32 to the square of 24 and extract the square root). It
will be seen that the spider actually passes along five of the six sides of
the room ! Having marked the route, fold the box up (removing the
side the spider does not use), and the appearance of the shortest course
is rather surprising. If the spider had taken what most persons will
consider the obviously shortest route (that shown in No. 1), he would
have gone 42 feet! Route No. 2 is 43' 174 feet in length and route
No. 3 is 40718 feet. I will leave the reader to discover which are the
shortest routes when the spider and fly are 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 feet from
the ceiling and floor respectively.
76.—
The Perplexed Cellarman.
Brother John gave the first man three large bottles and one small
bottleful of wine, and one large and three small empty bottles. To
each of the other two men he gave two large and three small bottles
of wine, and two large and one small empty bottles. Each of the
three then receives the same quantity of wine, and the same number
of each size of bottle.
77.—
Making a Flag.
The diagram shows
how the piece of bunting
is to be cut into two
pieces. Lower the piece
on the right one "tooth,"
and they will form a
perfect square, with the
roses symmetrically
placed.
78.—
Catching the Hogs.
A
very short examination of this puzzle game should convince the
reader that Hendrick can never catch the black hog, and that the
white hog can never be caught by Katriin.
Each hog merely runs in and out of one of the nearest corners,
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