Henry Ernest Dudeney/Puzzles and Curious Problems/271 - Avoiding the Mines

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 * Avoiding the Mines
 * Here we have a portion of the North Sea thickly sown with mines by the enemy.
 * A cruiser made a safe passage through them from south to north in two straight courses, without striking a single mine.


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 * Take your pencil and try to discover how it is done.
 * Go from the bottom of the chart to any point you like on the chart in a straight line,
 * and then from that point to the top in another straight line without touching a mine.