216.--THE EDUCATED FROGS.

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Our six educated frogs have learnt a new and pretty feat. When placed on

glass tumblers, as shown in the illustration, they change sides so that

the three black ones are to the left and the white frogs to the right,

with the unoccupied tumbler at the opposite end--No. 7. They can jump to

the next tumbler (if unoccupied), or over one, or two, frogs to an

unoccupied tumbler. The jumps can be made in either direction, and a

frog may jump over his own or the opposite colour, or both colours. Four

successive specimen jumps will make everything quite plain: 4 to 1, 5 to

4, 3 to 5, 6 to 3. Can you show how they do it in ten jumps?

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