With the above arrangement of the disks the solution is as below: 

Move G.c. from 9 to 10.  Move G.s. from 4 to 2. " G.t. " 8 " 9. " B.c. " 6 " 4. " W.t. " 6 " 8. " W.s. " 5 " 6. " B.c. " 1 " 6. " B.c. " 4 " 5. " W.c. " 3 " 1. " G.t. " 9 " 4. " B.t. " 2 " 3. " G.c. " 10 " 9.

The Soldiers and Guards

Before beginning to select the men for his escort, Bright-Wits arranged the thirty men in a circle, the black spots representing his own men.

Then he began to count with the man marked A.

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Doola’s Game

The key to this puzzle lies in following these two rules: 

1.  After moving a counter, one of the opposite colour must invariably be passed over it.

2.  After having passed one counter over another, the next move will be with a counter of the colour of the first one moved.

After the ninth move, the nest will be with one of the same colour.

Beginning with the white counters the moves are: 

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  1.  D. moves into space 4.

  2.  C. passes over D. into space 5.

  3.  B. moves into space 3.

  4.  D. passes over B. into space 2.

  5.  E. passes over C. into space 4.

  6.  F. moves into space 6.

  7.  C. passes over F. into space 7.

  8.  B. passes over E. into space 5.

  9.  A. passes over D. into space 3.

  10.  D. moves into space 1.

  11.  E. passes over A. into space 2.

  12.  F. passes over B. into space 4.

  13.  B. moves into space 6.

  14.  A. passes over F. into space 5.

  15.  F. moves into space 3, and the trick is done.

Every move must be in a forward direction, white going one way, black the other.

The Eight Pieces of Money

He who had 5 loaves was entitled to 7 pieces and he who had 3 loaves to but 1.  Divide the loaves into thirds and one had 15 thirds, the other but 9 thirds, or 24 thirds in all.  Now as all three ate alike they had 8 thirds each.  Therefore he of the 5 loaves contributed 7 parts of the stranger’s meal, while the other, who had only 3 loaves or 9 thirds in all, gave but one part.

The serpent puzzle can be worked out in a number of ways by placing the head and tail at random and then endeavouring to connect them with the remaining pieces.

[Illustration:  THE EIGHT PROVINCES SOLUTION.]

[Illustration:  THE RUG SOLUTION.]

[Illustration:  THE THREE FOUNTAINS AND THE THREE GATES SOLUTION.]

[Illustration:  THE ZOLTAN’S ORCHARD SOLUTION.]

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