| 4 | 15 | 14 | 1 |
| 9 | 6 | 7 | 12 |
| 5 | 10 | 11 | 8 |
| 16 | 3 | 2 | 13 |
It is not difficult to discover more than half this number that are symmetrical, including, of course, the 4 rows, 4 columns and 2 diagonals. Here are a dozen samples, from which others can be seen—
| 4, | 1, | 16, | 13. |
| 15, | 14, | 3, | 2. |
| 14, | 12, | 5, | 3. |
| 6, | 7, | 10, | 11. |
| 15, | 8, | 9, | 2. |
| 1, | 6, | 11, | 16. |
| 14, | 8, | 9, | 3. |
| 9, | 15, | 2, | 8. |
| 4, | 5, | 12, | 13. |
| 4, | 5, | 11, | 14. |
| 4, | 9, | 8, | 13. |
| 9, | 14, | 3, | 8. |
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No. VIII
Here is the completed magic square—
| 216 | 175 | 224 | 183 | 232 | 191 | 240 | 199 | 248 |
| 247 | 215 | 174 | 223 | 182 | 231 | 190 | 239 | 207 |
| 206 | 246 | 214 | 173 | 222 | 181 | 230 | 198 | 238 |
| 237 | 205 | 245 | 213 | 172 | 221 | 189 | 229 | 197 |
| 196 | 236 | 204 | 244 | 212 | 180 | 220 | 188 | 228 |
| 227 | 195 | 235 | 203 | 252 | 211 | 179 | 219 | 187 |
| 186 | 226 | 194 | 243 | 202 | 251 | 210 | 178 | 218 |
| 217 | 185 | 234 | 193 | 242 | 201 | 250 | 209 | 177 |
| 176 | 225 | 184 | 233 | 192 | 241 | 200 | 249 | 208 |
Every row, column and diagonal adds up to exactly 1908.