CHINESE GAMES WITH DICE AND DOMINOES. 



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"Double three," called ch^e'uny sdm, '" long threes." 



"Double two," called j;a'» tang, "bench." 



" Five, six," called /«' fan, '' tiger's head." 



" Four, six," called htuig fan shap, " red head ten." 



" One, six," called kb ke'uk ts'at, " long leg seveu." 



" One, five," called hung ch'ui luk, "red mallet six." 



The 10 mo throws in the order of their rank are figured on the left 

 of Plate I. They are: 



" Five, four," and " six, three," called kau, " nines." 



" Five, three," and " six, two," called pat, '■ eights." 



•' Five, two," and "four, three," called ts'at, " sevens." 



" Four, two," called luk, " six." 



"Three, two," and "four, one," called 'ng, " fives." 



"One, two," called sdm, " three," or srfw kai, "three final." 



The first player determined, the other players lay their wagers on 

 the table. The first player then throws and his cast determines the 

 suit, whether wmw or mo, for that round, i^o other throws count and 



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Fig. 2. 



PAT CHA BOARD: CHINA. 



the players throw again, if necessary, until they make a cast of the 

 suit led. If the first player throws the highest pair of either series, 

 that is the " double six " of the man, or one of the '' nines '' of the mo, 

 each player at once pays him, but if he leads the lowest of either suit, 

 tliat is, the "five, oue,"or '^ one, two," he pays them the amount of 

 their stakes. 



If he throws any other pair than the highest or lowest of either suit 

 the second player throws, and is paid his stakes, if he throws higher, 

 by the first player, or pays him if he throws lower. The game is con- 

 tinued until the first player is outthiown. when he is succeeded by the 

 second player, and the others lay their wagers as before. 



PAT CHA. 



Pelt chd, " grasping eight," is played with 8 dice, preferably of the 

 smallest size. In this game the banker is provided with a diagram 

 (fig. 2) numbered or dotted, lilie the G faces of a die, upon which the 



