Henry Ernest Dudeney/Puzzles and Curious Problems/272 - A Madam Problem

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 * A Madam Problem
 * In how many different ways is it possible to read the word $\text {MADAM}$ in the diagram?


 * Dudeney-Puzzles-and-Curious-Problems-272.png


 * You may go as you please, upwards and downwards, forwards and backwards,
 * any way possible along the open paths.
 * But the letters in every case must be contiguous, and you may never pass a letter without using it.