I
shall
dance
daily
and
utter
loud
s creams
in this window
listen
after 8 p.m.
The shutter on the left blew open, leaving the other to tell its strange tale.
No. VI.—SOLVITUR AMBULANDO
A man, tracing step by step the various readings of ROTATOR on this chequered floor, can exhaust all of them, according to the arrangement on our diagram, in 21,648 steps, spelling out the word as he goes in the many directions 3608 separate times!
| R | O | T | A | T | O | R | O | T | A | T | O | R |
| O | R | O | T | A | T | O | T | A | T | O | R | O |
| T | O | R | O | T | A | T | A | T | O | R | O | T |
| A | T | O | R | O | T | A | T | O | R | O | T | A |
| T | A | T | O | R | O | T | O | R | O | T | A | T |
| O | T | A | T | O | R | O | R | O | T | A | T | O |
| R | O | T | A | T | O | R | O | T | A | T | O | R |
| O | T | A | T | O | R | O | R | O | T | A | T | O |
| T | A | T | O | R | O | T | O | R | O | T | A | T |
| A | T | O | R | O | T | A | T | O | R | O | T | A |
| T | O | R | O | T | A | T | A | T | O | R | O | T |
| O | R | O | T | A | T | O | T | A | T | O | R | O |
| R | O | T | A | T | O | R | O | T | A | T | O | R |
This large total is due mainly to the fact that ROTATOR is a palindrome, and lends itself to both backward and forward reading. The man, a veritable rotator, will thus have walked more than four miles within a compass of one hundred and forty-four square feet.
No. VIII.—AN OLD SAMPLER
| AL. IT. | |||
| T.L | EW. O. MA! | ||
| N.T. | Ho! UGH. AVE. Ryli. | ||
| T.T. | Let. Hi! N.G.I. | ||
| S.S. | We. Et. Erf. Art. Ha! | ||
| N.S. | Ug. Ara. N.D.F. Lo! | ||
| W.E. | R.S.T. Ha! TB. | ||
| L.O. | O! Mins. Pri. | ||
| N. G. | |||