EXPLANATION OF PLATE XXIV. 



Korean Games of Skill and Chance. 



Fig. 1. Playing Cards. Eighty-one long, narrow strips of oiled paper with the 

 suit signs written on them. There are eight suits — the man, tish, hawk, 

 l)heasant, deer, steer, rabbit, and horse. Length, 8 inches; width, ^ inch. 

 (Cat. No. 77047, U. S. N. M. Seoul, Korea. Collected by Ensign J. B. 

 Bernadou, U. S. N.) 



Fig. 2. CinNi<:sE Chessmen. Thirty-two hexagonal blocks of pine wood, of three 

 different sizes. Characters, Chinese; cut in the blocks and painted red 

 and blue. (Cat. No. 77025, U. S. N. M. Seoul, Korea. Collected by 

 Ensign J. B. Bernadou, U. S. N.) 



Fig. 3. Dominoes. Thirty-two ivory dies, marked with red and black spots, large 

 and small. Size of die, f inch long, i inch wide. (Cat. No. 77024, U. S. 

 N. M. Seoul, Korea. Collected by Ensign J. B. Bernadou, U. S. N.) 



