THE CANTERBURY PUZZLES
9.—
The Carpenter's Puzzle.
The carpenter said that he made a box whose internal dimensions
were exactly the same as the original block of wood, that is, 3 feet
by 1 foot by 1 foot. He then placed the carved pillar in this box
and filled up all the vacant space with a fine, dry sand, which he
carefully shook down until he could get no more into the box. Then
he removed the pillar, taking great care not to lose any of the sand,
which, on being shaken down alone in the box, filled a space equal
to one cubic foot. This was, therefore, the quantity of wood that
had been cut away.
10.—
The Puzzle of the
Squire's Yeoman.
The illustration will show
how three of the arrows were
removed each to a neighbour-
ing square on the signboard of
the " Chequers" Inn, so that
still no arrow was in line with
another. The black dots indi-
cate the squares on which the
three arrows originally stood.
]].—The Nuns Puzzle.
As there are eighteen cards bearing
the letters "CANTERBURY PIL-
GRIMS," write the numbers 1 to 18
in a circle, as shown in the diagram.
Then write the first letter C against
I, and each successive letter against
the second number that happens to be
vacant. This has been done as far
as the second R. If the reader com-
pletes the process by placing Y against 2, P against 6, I against 10,
and so on, he will get the letters all placed in the following
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