206.--THE KING AND THE CASTLES.

There are various ways of building the ten castles so that they shall

form five rows with four castles in every row, but the arrangement in

the next column is the only one that also provides that two castles (the

greatest number possible) shall not be approachable from the outside. It

will be seen that you must cross the walls to reach these two.

[Illustration: The King and the Castles]

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