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say one of the pieces of wliich there are duplicates, he hands his 6 

 pieces that are yet undisclosed to the player on his right who in turn 

 gives his pieces to the player next to him, and so on until the Tjyang- 

 ouen receives those of the fourth player. If on the other hand, he 

 turns up either 6-3, 6-2, 5-3, 5-2, 4-3, or 4-2, he hands his 6 pieces to the 

 player on the left who in turn gives his pieces to his immediate neighbor 

 until the Tjyang-ouen receives those from the player on the right. The 

 seventh piece that was turned up is now turned down and mixed with 

 the remaining pieces, which are placed side by side in a line, and covered 

 with a slip of paper, or a strip of bamboo made for the purpose. If 

 the Tjyang-ouen keeps his pieces, he becomes the first player, but if he 

 exchanges them, the one on the right or left to whom he gave his pieces 

 becomes the first player. In this game certain combinations of 3 pieces 

 are called han-hpai {Chinese ynt p' di), "perfect tablets," and the object 

 of the game is to get 2 such combinations. The game is then spoken of 

 as hte-tjye-ta, ''broken". Hohpai is played for money and a certain 

 stake agreed upon, the player winning once, twice, thrice, four or five 

 times this amount for each player, according to the combination which 

 composes his winning hand. These combinations and the numbers they 

 count are as follows : 



(1) A sequence, as 1-3, 2-4, 5-6, called ssang-syo-han-hpai (Chinese, 

 sheung tsil yatp'di)., counts 3 in combination with another ssang-syo, and 

 1, in combination with any other hanhpai. A ssang-syo composed of 6 

 pieces, which pair according to the Korean system, is called tdi-sd-ttai 

 (Chinese, fui sz^ tai), literally, "corresponding four times," and counts 

 4, the name referring to the count. 



(2) The sequence 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 1-5, 1-6, and the corresponding 

 sequences in which 6, 5, 4, 3 and 2 replace the ones in this exaniple, are 

 cnUed pou-tong (Chinese, j>rti f'ung), "unlike," and count as follows: 



1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 1-5, 1-6 counts 3. 

 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 2-5, 2-6 eouuts 5. 

 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4. 3-5, 3-6 counts 3. 

 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5. 4-6 counts 3. 

 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 5-5, 5-6 counts 4. 

 6-1. 6-2, 6-3, 6-4, 6-5, 6-6 counts 3. 



(3) The sequence 1-2, 3-6, 4-5, 1-4, 2-6, 3-5, called hoUsmng-syo (Chi- 

 nese, tukshenng tsii), " solitary double sequence, "counts 5. 



(4) Two doublets, and 1 piece upon which the sum of the spots, or 1 

 of the 2 sets of spots is equal to the single number of the doublets, as 

 1-4, 5-5, 5-5, or 4-2, 4-4, 4-4, called soA- (Chinese, noi), "inclosed," 

 counts 1, both when paired with another sok or any other hanhpai. A 

 hanhpai composed of sixes is called ryonl--soTi; of fives, o-sok; of fours, 

 hong-soJc; of threes, sam-sok; of twos, a-sok, and of ones, pdik-sok. 



(5) Three pieces upon which the spots are equally divided between 

 2 numbers, as 4-4, 2-4, 2-2, called tai-sam-tong (Chinese, tui sdni fung)y 

 "three alike, opi»osite," count 1. 



