THE CANTERBURY PUZZLES
senses, but was allowed to amuse himself therein. They were
square and divided into 16 parts by high walls, as shown in the
plan thereof, so that there were openings from one garden to
another, but only two different ways of entrance. Now, it was need-
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dens once, and never more than once.
thing. How might it have been done ?
f ul that I enter at the
gate (A) and leave
by the other gate
(B), but as there
were gardeners
going and coming
about their work I
had to slip with
agility from one
garden to another,
so that I might not
be seen, but escape
unobserved. I did
succeed in so
doing, but after-
wards remembered
that I had of a
truth entered every
one of the 16 gar-
This was, indeed, a curious
54.—Bridging the Ditch.
I now did truly think that at last was I a free man, but I had
quite forgot that I must yet cross a deep ditch before I might get
right away. This ditch was 10 feet wide, and I durst not attempt
to jump it, as I had sprained an ankle in leaving the garden.
Looking around for something to help me over my difficulty, I soon
found eight narrow planks of wood lying together in a heap. With
these alone, and the planks were each no more than 9 feet long,
I did at last manage to make a bridge across the ditch. How was
this done ?
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