Henry Ernest Dudeney/Modern Puzzles/152 - A New Leap-Frog Puzzle

by : $152$

 * A New Leap-Frog Puzzle
 * Make a rough board, as shown, and place seventeen counters on the squares indicated.
 * The puzzle is to remove all but one by a series of leaping moves, as in draughts or solitaire.
 * A counter can be made to leap over another to the next square beyond, if vacant, and you then remove the one jumped over.
 * It will be seen that the first leap must be made by the central counter, No. $9$, and one has the choice of $8$ directions.
 * A continuous series of leaps with the same counter will count as a single move.
 * It is required to take off $26$ counters in $4$ moves, leaving the No. $9$ on its original centre square.
 * Every play must be a leap.


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