THE CANTERBURY PUZZLES
85.—
The English Tour.
It was required to show how a resident at the town marked A
might visit every one of the towns once, and only once, and finish up
his tour at Z. This
puzzle conceals a
little trick. After
the solver has de-
monstrated to his
satisfaction that it
cannot be done in
accordance with
the conditions as
he at first under-
stood them, he
should carefully ex-
amine the wording
in order to find
some flaw. It was
said, " this would
be easy enough if
he were able to
cut across country
by road, as well as
by rail, but he is not." Now, although he is prohibited from cutting
across country by road," nothing is said about his going by sea ! If,
therefore, we carefully look again at the map, we shall find that two
towns, and two only, lie on the sea coast. When he reaches one of
these towns he takes his departure on board a coasting vessel and
sails to the other port. The annexed illustration shows, by a dark
line, the complete route.
86.—
Captain Longbow and the Bears.
It might have struck the reader that the story of the bear
impaled on the North Pole had no connection with the problem
that followed. As a matter of fact it is essential to a solution.
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