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 them to the other shares. Then you have one and one-eighth of one-sixth of capital, equal to eight shares and one-fourth. Reduce this to one capital, by subtracting from the parts as much as one forty-ninth of them. Then you have a capital equal to eight shares and four forty-ninths. Assume now every share to be forty-nine; then the entire capital will be three hundred and ninety-six; the share forty-nine; the legacy determined by one-fourth, ten; and the exception from the second share will be six.

“A man dies, and leaves four sons, and bequeaths to some one a dirhem, and as much as the share of a son, and one-fourth of what remains from one-third after the deduction of that share.” Computation: Take