PUZZLING TIMES AT SOLVAMHALL CASTLE
great Death's-head Dungeon with the fair but unconscious maiden
in his arms, all exclaimed, " 'Twas marvellous valiant!" but Sir
Hugh said, " I would never
have turned from my pur-
pose, not even to save my
body from the bernicles."
Sir Hugh then produced
a plan of the thirty-five cells
in the dungeon and asked
his companions to discover
the particular cell that the
demoiselle occupied. He
said that if you started at
one of the outside cells and
passed through every door-
way once, and once only,
you were bound to end at
the cell that was sought. Can you find the cell ? Unless you start
at the correct outside cell it is impossible to pass through all the
doorways once, and once only. Try tracing out the route with
your pencil.
35.—
The Archery Butt
The butt or target used in archery at Solvamhall was not marked
out in concentric rings as at the present day, but was prepared
in fanciful designs. In the illustration is shown a numbered target
prepared by Sir Hugh himself. It is something of a curiosity,
because it will be found that he has so cleverly arranged the numbers
that everyone of the twelve lines of three adds up to exactly twenty-two.
One day, when the archers were a little tired of their sport, Sir
Hugh de Fortibus said, " What ho, merry archers ! Of a truth it
is said that a fool's bolt is soon shot, but, by my faith, I know not
any man among you who shall do that which I will now put forth.
Let these numbers that are upon the butt be set down afresh, so
that the twelve lines thereof shall make twenty and three instead of
twenty and two/'
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