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as those used to designate the four highest pieces iu the man series, 

 plate 5, but the remainder, iu place of the vulgar names usually given 

 to the other j)airs, have the characters shii, ngau,fu, to, lung, she, nid, 

 yeung, hau, lai, hiin, and chii, which represent the names "rat," "ox,'' 

 "tiger," "hare," "dragon," "serpent," "horse," "goat," "monkey," 

 " cock," "dog," and "pig," the 12 animals of the duodenary cycle.* I 

 understand these discs are used in connection with a kind of lottery. 



I am informed that bamboo dominoes, similar to the above, are used 

 at Shanghai, and at all the Chinese ports from Fuhchau northward. 



There are several very interesting sets of Chinese dominoes from 

 Fuhchau in the museum of the Long Island Historical Society, Brooklyn, 

 N. Y, t One of these sets (A) consists of 120 marked pieces and 

 2 blanks. They are made of bamboo, faced with bone or ivory, which 

 is attached to the wood with glue, or, in the case of one of the sets, 

 with small brass pins. The pieces measure about t ^y I by f inch. 

 This set is composed : iirst, of 3 suits of 21 pieces marked with black 

 and red dots, each comprising the Chinese series without the dupli- 

 cates; second, of 2 suits of 21 pieces, similarly marked with black and 

 red dots with the addition of ornamental devices of flowers in red and 

 green; third, of 1 suit of 21 pieces, each with double sets of dots, 1 

 set being placed at each end of the pieces, and between certain devices 

 in red and green, comprising the emblems of the Eight Genii, the 

 characters for "sun" and "moon," a tiger, and various flowers. 



A similar set was exhibited by W. H. Wilkinson, esq.. Her British 

 Majesty's consul-general, Seoul, Korea, in his collection in the section of 

 games at the Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893. They were from 

 Shanghai, and designated as Hua ho {fd ho) ' 'flower harmony." f 



Another set (B) in the museum of the Long Island Historical Society 

 comprises 141 marked pieces and 2 blanks. They are made of bamboo 

 with a bone or ivory face, which is skillfully mortised to the wood, and 

 measure J by ^ by f inch. This set is composed : 



First, of 1 suits of 9 pieces each, marked in red, green, and blue, 

 with from 1 to 9 circles. 



Second, of 1 suits of 9 pieces each, marked in red and green, with 

 from 1 to 9 narrow rectangles. 



Third, of 4 suits of 9 pieces each, marked with the characters yat 

 man, "one ten thousand," to Mu man, or "nine ten thousand." The 

 characters for "one" to "nine " are in blue, and that for man, "ten thou- 

 sand," is in red. 



Fourth, of 4 pieces marked ^aA;, "north," in blue; of 4 pieces marked 

 nam, "south," in blue; of 4 pieces marked tung, "east," iu blue; of 4 



* Chinese Reader's Manual, part 2, No. 301. 



tThe gift of the Hon. George Glover, formerly TT. 8. consnl at Fnhchan. There 

 is a similar collection given by him in the American Museum of Natural History, 

 Central Park, New York. 



JCf. Descriptive Catalogue World's Columbian F.xposition, Department M, revised 

 edition, p, 87. 



