HARVESTING.
[14.] A and B engage to reap a field for 90s. A could reap it in 9 days by himself; they promised to complete it in five days; they found, however, that they were obliged to call in C (an inferior workman) to assist them the last two days, in consequence of which B received 3s. 9d. less than he otherwise would have done. In what time could B and C reap the field alone?
[15.] A man has a triangular block of land, the largest side being 136 chains, and each of the other sides 68 chains. What is the value of the grass on it, at the rate of £2 an acre?
A school inspector in the North of Ireland was once examining a geography class, and asked the question:
“What is a lake?”
He was much amused when a little fellow, evidently a true gem of the emerald isle, answered: “It’s a hole in a can, sur.”
