GAMES, FORFEITS 



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To Tell Any Number Thought Of. 



a person to think of a number ; then tell him to subtract 1 from 

 that number; now tell him to multiply the remainder by 2 ; then request 

 him ajjain to substract 1, and add to the remainder the number he first 

 thought of, and to inform you of the total. When he has done this, you 

 must mentally add three to that total, and then divide it by 3, and the 

 quotient will be the number first thought of. This is an excellent arith- 

 metical pastime, examples of which is given below : 



Tlte Ugly Mug. 



A leader is chosen, and the remainder of the company must follow 

 motion that he makes, while he sings the description. 



I i Mt my right baud in, I put my right hand out, I 



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give my right hand a shako, shake, shake, I turn my - self a - b< 



leader ^liouM stand facing the others, and his gestures are exactly 



s them. 



