THE CANTERBURY PUZZLES
for some loophole in the actual conditions as they were worded. If
the Parson could get round the source of the river, he could then
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cross every
bridge once and
once only on his
way to church,
as shown in the
annexed illustra-
tion. That this
was not pro-
hibited we shall
soon find.
Though the
plan showed all
the bridges in
his parish, it only
showed " part
of" the parish
itself. It is not
stated that the
river did not take
its rise in the
parish, and since
it leads to the only possible solution, we must assume that it did. The
answer would be, therefore, as shown. It should be noted that we
are clearly prevented from considering the possibility of getting round
the mouth of the river because we are told it "joined the sea some
hundred miles to the south," while no parish ever extended a hundred
miles !
26.—The Haberdasher s Puzzle.
The illustration will show how the triangular piece of cloth may
be cut into four pieces that will fit together and form a perfect
square. Bisect A B in D and B C in E; produce the line
A E to F making E F equal to E B ; bisect A F in G and
describe the arc A H F ; produce E B to H, and E H is the
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