211.--THE TWELVE MINCE-PIES.

It will be seen in our illustration how twelve mince-pies may be placed

on the table so as to form six straight rows with four pies in every

row. The puzzle is to remove only four of them to new positions so that

there shall be _seven_ straight rows with four in every row. Which four

would you remove, and where would you replace them?

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