THE CANTERBURY PUZZLES
9 on the other. It will be seen that the numbers of the left-hand
group add up to 10, while the numbers in the other group add up
to 29. The Major's puzzle was to rearrange the four boys in two
new groups so that the numbers in each group should add up alike.
The Squire's niece asked if the 5 should not be a 6, but the Major
explained to us that the numbers were quite correct if properly
regarded.
59.—
Tasting the Plum Puddings.
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Everybody, as I suppose, knows well that the number of
different Christmas plum puddings that you taste will bring you the
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same number of lucky days in the new year. One of the guests
(and his name has escaped my memory), brought with him a sheet
of paper on which were drawn sixty-four puddings, and he said the
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