Arabian Nights question

[furryman]

In Richard F. Burton's version of "1001 Arabian Nights", Scheherazade poses a logic puzzle. Does anyone remember what the puzzle was? Does anyone know the answer?

[lissener]

Dude, the edition I have is like 3,000 pages. Can you set the scene a little more clearly?

[furryman]

Sorry, all I remember is that it had something to do with an X number of ferrules and an X number of holes. It might have been something like "How do you fit 2 ferrules into 4 (parallel?/uneven?) holes?"

[Arden Ranger]

According to this site (http://www.cut-the-knot.com/books/scheher/content.html), we can narrow it down to what section the puzzle may be in, but my copy of the Arabian Nights is 400 miles away.

[chique]

I found this (http://mfx.dasburo.com/an/a_index_commented.html) by putting '1001 arabian nights' into a google search. Is what you're looking for here?