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Show Dockyard Puzzle. Tho Jnpancso aro building a now dockyard. It Is to ho la tho form of it letter E, as shown In our Illustration, Illustra-tion, In honor of King Edward, tho mounrch of their allies. Their naval exports, however, nro considerably porploxcd ovor tho thing. For exnmplo, supposo tho eight men of wnr numbered 1 to 8 nro In tho positions po-sitions shown, how aro thoy to maneuver man-euver in tho quickest wny so that 1, 2, 3, nnd 4 shall chnngo places with C, C, 7 and 8; that is, with tho numbers num-bers still running from loft to right us at present, but tho top row exchanged ex-changed with tho bottom? Mako a largo diagram on n sheet of paper and uso olght numbered counters. What aro tho towost ppssl-bio ppssl-bio moves? Ono ship moves nt a tlmo, nnd any dlstnnco counts ns ono I a A R c ; p e -V tr-MsVsBsMBsM I ' 1 " move. To provont misunderstanding, tho stopping places aro marked lit squares, and only ono ship can bo In n squaro nt tho sarao tlmo. |