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turned up ou the table. If successful, he places the mated pair, face 

 up, before him. lu either case he draws the bottom piece of the pile 

 at the end of the stack from which the last piles were drawn and 

 endeavors to mate it with one of those on the table. If successful, he 

 takes the pair, but if not, he places the piece drawn among those on the 

 table. The second player then tries to mate one of his pieces, and 

 also (IraM'S one from the stack, and the game is continued in this man- 

 ner until the stack is exhausted. A pair of double "sixes" in a 

 players hand is at once laid out. If a player holds a piece in his hand, 

 identical with 2 pieces on the table, and the fourth piece of the same 

 kind has not been played, he may, at his turn, pile the 3 i)ieces that 

 are alike one upon the other, with the uppermost face up, at the oppo- 

 site end of the stack to that drawn from, and the player who first lays 

 out the fourth piece may take the 3 pieces. The 2 pieces composing 

 the chi isiln mate with each other, and form an exception in this game 

 to the rule by which all pieces having the same number of spots mate 

 with each other without reference to their belonging either to the man 

 or wto series. When the last domino is drawn, the players examine 

 those they have taken. The pieces on which the spots number 8 or 

 more are called tdi ii, "large fish," and count 2 points for each spot. 

 The pieces below 8 are called sai it, " small lish," and count 1 point for 

 each red spot. If this latter sum is between 2 decades, the highest 

 decade is counted. The player counting the highest becomes the win- 

 ner, and is paid by each of the players for each point he has in excess. 



TS'l^NG SHAP. 



Ts'ung shaj), " to dispute tor tens," is played by 2 persons with 1 set 

 of dominoes. The pieces are piled face down, side by side, in a stack 

 4 pieces high, which the players divide between them, each player 

 taking 8 of the 16 piles. The first player draws the top piece from the 

 end pile towards the right of his pile, and lays it face up ou the table. 

 The second i)layer, iu turn, draws a piece and lays it face up alongside 

 of the piece played by the first player. The players continue to draw 

 and place the pieces ou the table in this manner either on the right or left 

 of the row thus formed. If a player lays down a piece which is a dupli- 

 cate of one of the pieces at either end of the row, he takes both pieces, 

 called tin, a " pair," and they count 10 for each spot on them at the end 

 of the game. Or, if a player lays down a piece on which the spots, 

 added to those on 2 pieces at one end of the row, or on the pieces at 

 each end, form a sum that is a multiple of 10, the player takes the 3 

 I)ieces, and they count 1 for each spot on them at the end of the game. 

 If there are but 2 pieces on the table, and a player takes them, he piles 

 them upon each other to mark the play, called tdj) K, literally "to tread 

 on earth," i. e. a " sweep," which counts 40. The winner draws and lays 

 out another piece. Should he fail to take up a winning combination of 



