. St. Nicholas [serial]. THE BICYCLE-TRACK. SECOND SIGHT ON A BICYCLE-TRACK. By J. C. Beard. The rule that governs this little circularbicycle-track is a very simple one, and yet thereseems to be a mystery about the way in whichit works. Let the one who plays the trick, andwhom we will call the station-master, go awayto some place from which he cannot see whatyou do. Start an imaginary bicycle along thetrack at any station marked by a flag. Be-ginning with the number on the disk oppo-site the flag at which you start (say 8 at the bottom of the illustration), and calling the nextstation nine (e
. St. Nicholas [serial]. THE BICYCLE-TRACK. SECOND SIGHT ON A BICYCLE-TRACK. By J. C. Beard. The rule that governs this little circularbicycle-track is a very simple one, and yet thereseems to be a mystery about the way in whichit works. Let the one who plays the trick, andwhom we will call the station-master, go awayto some place from which he cannot see whatyou do. Start an imaginary bicycle along thetrack at any station marked by a flag. Be-ginning with the number on the disk oppo-site the flag at which you start (say 8 at the bottom of the illustration), and calling the nextstation nine (even though it is marked 3,if you are counting to the right), count the sta-tions as you pass them. Go as far as youplease, then return, stopping when the numberof flags you have passed coming back reachesthe same number as that at which you stoppedin going forward, and the station-master, onbeing shown the station from which and thedirection in which you started, will be able 1116 SECOND SIGHT ON A BICYCLE-TRACK. to tell
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