331.--THE SCIENTIFIC SKATER.

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It will be seen that this skater has marked on the ice sixty-four points

or stars, and he proposes to start _from his present position_ near the

corner and enter every one of the points in fourteen straight lines. How

will he do it? Of course there is no objection to his passing over any

point more than once, but his last straight stroke must bring him back

to the position from which he started.

It is merely a matter of taking your pencil and starting from the spot

on which the skater's foot is at present resting, and striking out all

the stars in fourteen continuous straight lines, returning to the point

from which you set out.

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