Henry Ernest Dudeney/Puzzles and Curious Problems/15 - Buying Turkeys

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 * Buying Turkeys
 * A man bought a number of turkeys at a cost of $\pounds 60$,
 * and after reserving fifteen of the birds he sold the remainder for $\pounds 54$,
 * thus gaining $2 \shillings$ a head by these.


 * How may turkeys did he buy?