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one split face is up it counts two points; if two split faces, three points; 

 if all three split faces, five points; and if the three rounded faces are up 

 ten points and the player has the privilege of playing again l)efore pass- 

 ing the sticks to the next player. 



Marking the Points Gained.— Usually four persons play this game. 

 The opposite players are partners. One set of players move the counting 



Tlie Setdilth Game— Sticks falling after liaving bounced on the center rock. 



sticks round the stone-circle in one direction (Each player has her own 

 counting sticks Avhether a partner of another man or not); and their oppo- 

 uents move in the opposite direction. For the points gained in hurling the 

 sticks an equal number of rocks in the circle are counted and the count- 

 ing stick is moved forward to the position between the last rock tally and 

 the next cobble-stone in the direction the counting stick is being moved. 

 In moving the counting stick, should it chance to be placed in the space 

 between two rocks that an opponent's counting stick is occupying, the 



