Note 398 — Chapter XII · MAGIC, ASTROLOGY, AND ALCHEMY.
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The numbers in this magic square, in our own ordinary characters, are as follows:—
┌───┬───┬───┐
│ 4 │ 9 │ 2 │
├───┼───┼───┤
│ 3 │ 5 │ 7 │
├───┼───┼───┤
│ 8 │ 1 │ 6 │
└───┴───┴───┘
It will be seen that the horizontal, vertical, and diagonal rows give, each, the same sum, namely, 15.