"My property is exactly a mile square," said one landowner to another.

"Curiously enough, mine is a square mile," was the reply.

"Then there is no difference?"

Is this last statement correct?


[125.—THE MINERS' HOLIDAY.]

Seven coal-miners took a holiday at the seaside during a big strike. Six of the party spent exactly half a sovereign each, but Bill Harris was more extravagant. Bill spent three shillings more than the average of the party. What was the actual amount of Bill's expenditure?


[126.—SIMPLE MULTIPLICATION.]

If we number six cards 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, and 8, and arrange them on the table in this order:—