A MOTOR-CAR PROBLEM.

The following is the series of eighteen movements which are required to transfer motor-cars from one shed into the other:—

  1. Move car No. 5 into the refuge.
  2. Move No. 2 into the place of No. 5.
  3. Move No. 3 into the space between the refuge and the lower shed.
  4. Move No. 5 into the place of No. 3.
  5. Move No. 3 into the place of No. 2.
  6. Move No. 2 into the refuge.
  7. Move No. 6 into the space between the refuge and the upper shed.
  8. Move No. 2 into the place of No. 6.
  9. Move No. 6 into the refuge.
  10. Move No. 3 into the lower shed in the place of No. 5.
  11. Move No. 1 into the space between the refuge and the lower shed.
  12. Move No. 6 into the upper shed in the place of No. 1.
  13. Move No. 1 in the place of No. 2 in the upper shed.
  14. Move No. 3 into the space between the refuge and the upper shed.
  15. Move No. 4 into the refuge.
  16. Move No. 3 into the place of No. 4 in the lower shed.
  17. Move No. 1 into the lower shed.
  18. Move No. 4 into the upper shed.
THE RIFLE RANGE.

The point is shown in the diagram below:—

The Phœnix and the Carpet.