In the midst of a paddock well stored with grass, I engaged just an acre to tether my ass; What length must that cord be, in grazing all round That he may graze over just one acre of ground?
[175.] If three first-class cost as much as five second-class tickets for a journey of 100 miles, the total cost of the eight tickets being £3 2s. 6d., find the charge per mile for each first-class and second-class ticket.
HUMILITY.
In a certain street are three tailors. The first to set up shop hung out this sign—“Here is the best tailor in the town.” The next put up—“Here is the best tailor in the world.” The third simply had this—“Here is the best tailor in this street.”
“On the Wallaby.”