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When 2 hacks and 2 fronts of any sticks come np it eqinils 2. 

 • When 3 fronts and 1 back of any sticks come np it e(iiials 3. 

 When 3 hacks and the " Younj^- Man" come np it coniits 4. 

 All fronts up count 5.' 



\\hen 3 backs and the "Old Woman" come np it counts 6. 

 All backs count 10. 



When 3 hacks and the " Yonng Woman" come up it counts 14. 

 When 3 backs and the "Old Man" come up it counts 15. 

 If the sticks touch or iall on one another the throw must he repeated. 



The counts are kei)tni)on a rectangle marked on the ground (tig. (50), 

 usually approximating 12 by 8 feet, having ten holes or pockets, couut- 

 ing the corners each time, along each side. At two alternate corners 

 are two quadrants called "houses" (Ire) of five holes each, not count- 

 ing the corner holes, called "doors" (jou-ta). 



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The game is played by two, tliree, or four players for self or partners, 

 with counters called "horses." These usually number two for each 

 player. They are put into play consecutively and by alternate throws 

 of the players. A throw of less than five, which does not carry the 

 horses out of the door (two), prevents a player from entering another 

 horse until his aggregate throws are 5-)-, thus putting his horse into 

 the rectangle proi)er. After all the horses of a single contestant are 

 in play, he may move the same horse continuously. In counting the 

 pockets, from "A" to eithei- of the nearest corners, is 15. It is oi)ti()nal 

 with the player whether he turns to the left or right upon leaving the 

 door, though he must move his horse around the rectangle in the same 



At this play they all laugh, and say the player "has not done skinning himself," 



