CHINESE GAMES WITH DICE AND DOMINOES. 



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is a coinmou mime for dice play. It lias beeu observed that the 

 "tlirees" and "fours'' are marked in red on Indian dice, while in 

 China the "ones'' and "fours" are so marked. The Wale Ian san 



ANCIENT ROMAN DICE OF IVOKY. 



lecimens in Museum of University of Penli 



sai relates that in the ,uame of ^Sugorokit the throws receive the fol- 

 lowing names: 



Chio ichi, " doable one.'' 



Chio ni, " double two." 



Shin san, "vermilion three." 



Shin sin, "vermilion four. 

 Chio go, " double five." 

 Chio rolii, " double six." 



From this it would appear that the dice anciently u.sed in Japan and 

 China had the " three " and " four " marked in red* like the Indian 



Fig. 30. 



THE FOUK SIDES OF A KNUCKLE BONE. 



After Hyde. 



¥abat, instead of the " one" and " four," as is the present custom— an 

 additional argument m favor of the Indian origin of the Chinese dice. 

 Two questions remain to be answered: 



*A pair of miniature Japanese ivory dice, presented to the writer by Prof. Henry 

 H. Giglioli, of Florence, Italy, have the " threes" and "fours" marked in red. 



