CHINESE GAMES WITH DICE AND DOMINOES. 



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are duplicated are paired with their doubles, aud form a series or 

 suite, to which they give the name of man^ "civil," while the remain- 

 ing 10 pieces are paired with each other, in accordance with the sum 

 of their spots, and from a suite called wo, "military." 

 The man pieces, in the order of their rank, are: 



6-6, called /'('/(, •' hea\ en." 



1-1, called ti, '• earth."' 



4-4, called yan, '"mau." 



1-3, called wo, ''liariiiouy." 



5-5, called mui, "plum" (Hower). 



3-3, called ch'vuiig sum, " long three." 



2-2, called j)dii iang, "bench." 



5-6, called /«' Van, " tiger's head." 



4-6, called hung fan sliap, "red head ten." 



1-6, called kb keitk is' at, " long leg seven." 



1-.5, called hutig ch'ni Ink, " red mallet six." 



The mu pieces are : 



2-4 aud 1-2, called chi isiiii, "supreme." 

 6-3 and 4-5, called isdp kan, " heterogeneous nines." 

 6-2 and 5-3, called isdj} pat, " heterogeneous eights." 

 4-3 aud ,5-2, called tsdp ts'at, "heterogeneous sevens." 

 1-4 and 2-3, called tsdp 'luf Ink " heterogeneous sixes." 



Both pieces in all the pairs are of equal value and rank in their suits 



Fijr. 19. 



STACK OF nO.MINOES AT OPENING (>F GAMES 



in the order "iven, except those which compose the pair called chi tsiin, 

 which together form the highest pan-, but separately are the lowest of 

 the mo series. 



The arrangement of the dominoes called skeiing tuny, or " stack," at 

 the opening of games, is shown in tig. 19. 



Tif u. 



A simple game called thi it, "to angle," is played by 2 or 3 persons 

 with 2 sets of dominoes. The pieces are well mixed and piled face 

 down, side \>y side, m a stack 4 high. Four piles of 4 each are now 

 drawn from one end of the stack and placed face up on the table. 

 When 2 play, both players draw 3 piles (12 dominoes), or if 3 play, 2 

 l)iles (8 dominoes) from the same end of the stack. The i)layers then 

 examine their pieces, and the tirst player endeavors to mate one of 

 his pieces with one having the same number of spots among those 



