CHESS AND PLAYING-CARDS. 



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he repeats the toss and contiinies to do so as long as one of these combinations 

 results. "When lie fails to score, the amount of his winnings is withdrawn from the 

 general pile and forms the nucleus of his private pile. His opponent repeats the 



Fig. 21. 



COUNTING STICKS FOR WOLTES TAKfJN. 



Length. 7^ inches. 

 Micmac Indians, Nova Scotia. 



Cat. No. 18S50, Museum of Archaeology, University of Pennsylvania. 



dice-throwing until he also fails to score. Two successive throws of cither a single 

 point or of five points count thrice the amount of one throw; that is, three jioints 

 or fifteen points, respectively. Three successive throws count live times as much as 



Fig. 22. 



COUNTING STiCK.s {sangi). 



Length, 2 inches. 



Japan. 



Cat. No. 18306, Museum of Arehwolouy, University of Tennsylvania. 



a single throw, etc. After the pile of counting-sticks has been exhausted, a new 

 feature is introduced in the count. The player who scores first takes a single j)lain 

 stick from hia pile and places it by itself, with one of its sides facing him to repre- 



