THE CANTERBURY PUZZLES
little patience." He then pro-
duced the square shown in the
illustration and said that it was
desired so to cut it into four
pieces (by cuts along the lines)
that they would fit together
again and form a perfect magic
square, in which the four col-
umns, the four rows, and the
two long diagonals should add
up 34. It will be found that
this is a just sufficiently easy
puzzle for most people's tastes.
8.—
The Tapiser's Puzzle.
Then came forward the Tapiser, who was, of course, a maker of
tapestry, and must not be confounded with a tapster, who draws and
sells ale.
He produced a beautiful piece of tapestry, worked in a simple
chequered pattern, as shown in the diagram. " This piece of tapestry,
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