THE CANTERBURY PUZZLES
the other two sisters, who insisted that the square carpet should be
so cut that each should get a square mat of exactly the same size.
Now, according to the best Western authorities they would have
found it necessary to cut the carpet into seven pieces, but a corre-
spondent in Tokio assures me that the legend is that they did it in as
few as six pieces, and he wants to know whether such a thing is
possible.
Yes ; it can be done.
Can you cut out the six pieces that will form three square mats of
equal size ?
85.—The English Tour.
This puzzle has to do with railway routes, and in these days
of much travelling should prove useful. The map of England shows
twenty-four towns,
connected by a system
of railways. A resi-
dent at the town
marked A at the top
of the map proposes
to visit every one of
the towns once and
only once, and to finish
up his tour at Z. This
would be easy enough
if he were able to cut
across country by
road, as well as by
rail, but he is not.
How does he per-
form the feat ? Take
your pencil and,
starting from A, pass
from town to town,
making a dot in the towns you have visited, and see if you can
end at Z.
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