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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1893. 



10), wliion coiiiuieuces ^Yitll "double one" instead of "double blank," 

 and contains 21 different pieces instead of 28 as in the European 

 j;ame (tig-. 17). Eleven of tlie 21 pieces are duplicated, making 32 

 l>ieces in a set. 

 The " one '' and '' four" marks and the alternate "threes," which com- 



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CHINESE GAME OF DOMINOES. 



prise the " sixes," are nsuall}- painted red, while the other marks are 



painted black or white, depending upon the material of the dominoes. 



The dominoes in common use in the Province of Kwangtung and 



among tlie Chinese in the United States are made of Cliiiiese ebony 



Fip. 17. 



EUROPEAN GAME OF DOMINOES. 



and are about 2| inches long, seven-eighths of an inch in width, and 

 three-eighths of an inch in tbickness, with incised spots, which are 

 painted red and white. The ends of each piece are usually ornamented 

 with a single incised red spot, while the backs are sometimes uniformly 

 marked with three spots, one red between two white, arranged diagon- 

 ally across (fig. IS). 



Fis. 18. 



CHINESE DOMINOKS: PKOVINCE OF KWANGTrNG AND UNITED STATES. 



The following Chinese games are those of the Chinese laborers in the 

 United States, among whom they are the commonest gambling imple- 

 ments. They call each piece by name^ and in certain games pair them 

 according to the arrangements shown in plate ">. The 11 i)ieces that 



