AN AWKWARD FIX
3. With no knowledge of the surrounding district, I was making my way to a distant town through country roads, guided by the successive sign-posts that were provided.
Coming presently to four cross-roads I found to my dismay that some one had in mischief uprooted the sign-post and thrown it into the ditch. In this perplexing fix how could I find my way? A bright thought struck me. What was it?
LINKED SWEETNESS LONG DRAWN OUT
4. As I stood on the platform at a quiet country station, an engine, coming along from my left at thirty miles an hour, began to whistle when still a mile away from me. The shrill sound continued until the engine had passed a mile and a half to my right. For how long was I hearing its whistle?
No. VI.—ILLUSION OF LENGTH
In this curious optical illusion the lines are exactly equal in length.
