Hoffmann, Professor, 1839-1919 · London : Frederick Warne · leaf 41
an element of chance about it-which to some extent bars its claim to rank as a puzzleproper. It consists of a cardboard medallion or counter represent-ing a bird, and a snake, of many convolutions, of the samematerial, chopped up into ten segments, more or less curved,and in length ranging from… … Fig. 26. the tail, to reconstruct the snake by adding segments oneby one, till the head is reached; his object being so to placethe head at the finish that the bird shall be just withinthe open jaws. His prospect of effecting this will, of course,depend upon the arrangement of the successive…
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