296.--THE FOUR LIONS.

There are only seven different ways under the conditions. They are as

follows: 1 2 3 4, 1 2 4 3, 1 3 2 4, 1 3 4 2, 1 4 3 2, 2 1 4 3, 2 4 1 3.

Taking the last example, this notation means that we place a lion in the

second square of first row, fourth square of second row, first square of

third row, and third square of fourth row. The first example is, of

course, the one we gave when setting the puzzle.

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