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7.—Clerk °f Oxenford's Puzzle.
The illustration shows how the square is to be cut into four pieces
and how these pieces are to be put together again to make a magic
square. It will be found that the four columns, four rows and two
long diagonals now add up to 34 in every case.
8.—The Tapisers Puzzle.
The piece of tapestry had to be cut along the lines into three
pieces so as to (it together and form a perfect square, with the pat-
tern properly matched. It was also stipulated in effect that one of
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the three pieces must be as small as possible. The illustration shows
how to make the cuts and how to put the pieces together, while one
of the pieces contains only twelve of the little squares.
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