THE CANTERBURY PUZZLES
6, 8, 2, 1, 4, 3, and I desire to know how they can, in as few
moves as possible, put themselves in the order 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.
One prisoner may move at a time along the passage to the dungeon
that doth happen to be empty, but never, on pain of death, may two
men be in any dungeon at the same time. How may it be done ? "
If the reader makes a rough plan on a sheet of paper and uses
numbered counters he will find it an interesting pastime to arrange
the prisoners in the fewest possible moves. As there is never more
than one vacant dungeon at a time to be moved into, the moves
may be recorded in this simple way, 3—2—1—6, and so on.
14.—
The Weavers Puzzle.
When the
Weaver brought
out a square piece
of beautiful cloth,
daintily embroid-
ered with lions
and castles, as de-
picted in the illus-
tration, the pil-
grims disputed
among themselves
as to the meaning
of these orna-
ments. The
Knight, however,
who was skilled in
