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Octonaria

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 November 2016

Peter Simple
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“And if I have done well, and as is fitting the story, it is that which I desired; but if slenderly and meanly, it is that which I could attain unto.’—Apocrypha

It was quite clear that the company were much more interested in what the Baron had to say about the marriage customs of the people of Octonaria than in his remarks about their system of numbering. So I bided my time until he left the hospitable parlour of The Dolphin and, attaching myself to him, with little difficulty persuaded him to accompany me to my lodgings. Here, comfortably ensconced in my own armchair, he proceeded to fill the great octagonal pipe which had excited such curiosity at The Dolphin, while I set about collecting the ingredients for a bowl of punch.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 25 , Issue 266 , October 1941 , pp. 218 - 220
Copyright
Copyright © Mathematical Association 1941

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