The Merry Monks of Riddlewell
41 The Riddle of the Fish-pond
Number the fish baskets in the illustration from 1 to 12 in the direction that Brother Jonathan is seen to be going. Starting from 1, proceed as follows, where “1 to 4” means, take the fish from basket No. 1 and transfer it to basket No. 4:—
1 to 4, 5 to 8, 9 to 12, 3 to 6, 7 to 10, 11 to 2, and complete the last revolution to 1, making three revolutions in all. Or you can proceed this way:—
4 to 7, 8 to 11, 12 to 3, 2 to 5, 6 to 9, 10 to 1.
It is easy to solve in four revolutions, but the solutions in three are more difficult to discover.