208.--A PLANTATION PUZZLE.

[Illustration]

A man had a square plantation of forty-nine trees, but, as will be seen

by the omissions in the illustration, four trees were blown down and

removed. He now wants to cut down all the remainder except ten trees,

which are to be so left that they shall form five straight rows with

four trees in every row. Which are the ten trees that he must leave?

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