382.--THE CROSS OF CARDS.

There are eighteen fundamental arrangements, as follows, where I only

give the numbers in the horizontal bar, since the remainder must

naturally fall into their places.

5 6 1 7 4 2 4 5 6 8

3 5 1 6 8 3 4 5 6 7

3 4 1 7 8 1 4 7 6 8

2 5 1 7 8 2 3 7 6 8

2 5 3 6 8 2 4 7 5 8

1 5 3 7 8 3 4 9 5 6

2 4 3 7 8 2 4 9 5 7

1 4 5 7 8 1 4 9 6 7

2 3 5 7 8 2 3 9 6 7

It will be noticed that there must always be an odd number in the

centre, that there are four ways each of adding up 23, 25, and 27, but

only three ways each of summing to 24 and 26.

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