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pieces at one play. In this respect the game is not unlike checkers, and to capture 
the pieces of the opponent seems to be the main object of the game. The checkers, 
however, must be concentrated and always moved towards the southeast corner. 
This game is now rarely played on the East Mesa, but is still used at O-rai-be. It 
is said to have been played in ancient times by the sun and moon or by other myth- 
ical personages. 
Turning now to old Mexico, we find that the Spanish chronicles give an account 
of a Mexican game called patolli, which was played with colored stones. The 
squares were made of a cross-shaped figure, and the stones were moved according to 
the throws of beans which were marked upon one side. 
A discussion of the “ghost gamble,” with many illustrations, some 
of which show marks which, in a broad sense, may be classed as pic- 
Fic. 775.—Pebbles from Mas dl’ Azil. 
tographic, is published in the paper ‘‘Study of the mortuary customs 
of the North American Indians,” by.Dr. H. C. Yarrow (a), U.S. Army. 
Colored pebbles found in the grotto of Mas d’Azil, in the department 
of the Ariége, France, have lately awakened some discussion. These 
pebbles were selected as being narrow and flat, and, with rare excep- 
tions, are no more than 9 centimeters in length. They were colored 
with red oxide of iron. Many of the designs could have been made by 
the end of a finger anointed with the coloring matter, but others would 
have required a small pencil. The coloring matter was thick and prob- 
ably fixed by grease or glue, which time has destroyed. The color now 
disappears on the least rubbing. Its preservation until now has been 
owing to the fact that the pebbles were left undisturbed in the cindery 
layer where they were deposited. Only one of the faces of the pebbles 
bears a design, and generally their border is ornamented by a narrow 
band of red, resembling a frame to the design, the color being applied 
