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of any other pieces that may be in the 

 way, or to move, for instance, from b to 

 m, in case any were stationed at e or /. 



3. If the king should stand in ^, and 

 no other piece in e, /, or w, he ma v escape 

 by that road, unless one of the ]\Iuscovites 

 immediately gets possession of one of the 

 squares in question, so as to interrupt him. 



4. If the king be able to accomplish 

 this, the contest is at an end. 



5. If the king happens to be in e, and none 

 of his own people or his enemies either in 

 y or g^ i or m, his exit cannot be prevented. 



6. Whenever the person who moves the 

 king perceives that a passage is free, he 

 must call out raicliii and if there be two 

 ways open, tuichu. 



7. It is allowable to move ever so far 

 at once, in a right line, if the squares in 

 the way be vacant, as from c to n, 



8. The Swedes and the Muscovites take 

 it by turns to move. 



9- If any one man gets between two 

 squares occupied by his enemies, he is 

 killed and taken off, except the king, who 

 is not liable to this misfortune. 



