Prepare thirty-six pieces of white or coloured cardboard of the length A to B, and place them over the pegs in any direction in which they will fit so as to form some such symmetrical pattern as is given on the second diagram, putting two holes only on each peg. Chess-players will see that this is the regular knight’s move.
Quite a number of beautiful designs can be thus formed, and those who have not the means at hand for making a complete set can enjoy the puzzle by merely marking out thirty-six squares, and drawing lines from centre to centre of the exact length from A to B, with black or coloured pencils.
No. LXXXVII.—LOYD’S MITRE PROBLEM
Divide this figure into four similar and equal parts.
A PRETTY PROBLEM
The solution of the pretty little problem: place three twos in three different groups, so that twice the first group, or half the third group equals the second group, is this:—