﻿GAME OF CHF.SS, ScC. 489 



*' The Kncktt Boys, or Pao, arc pieces wliosc mo- 

 tions aiul po\\crs were unknown to us. The^ act 

 with tlie direction of a rocket, and can take none of 

 their adversarxs men that have not a piece or pawn 

 intervenino*. To defend your men from this attack, 

 it is necessary to open tht line between either, to 

 take off the check on the King, or to save a man 

 from being captured hy the Pao. Their opera' iun 

 is otherwise hke that of the rook, their stations 

 are marked betwet-n the pieces and pawns. 



" The live Pawns, or Ping, make up the number of 

 men equal to rhat of our board (i. e. sixteei;). In- 

 stead of taking- sideways like ours, they have che 

 rook'"s notion, except that it is limited to one sten, 

 and is not retrograde. Aiiother important point in 

 which the Ping dift^ers from ours, is that tliey con- 

 tinue in statu quo after reaclii ng their adversary's 

 head quarters. It will appear, however, that tiie 

 Chinese pieces far e.Kceed the proportion of ours, 

 which occasions the whole force of the contest to fall 

 on them, and thereby precludes ihe beauty and va- 

 riety' of our game, when reduced to a struggle be- 

 tween the pawns, Mho are Cdpable of the highest 

 pron.otion, and often cliangc the fortune of the dav. 

 The posts of the ling are marked in fiont." 



So far Mr. Irwdn. His account being, according 

 to my apurelicnsion, indistinct and incomplete, and 

 to my knowledge in 'rome respects erroneous, I have 

 been mdu^ed to make further inquiries on tlie sub- 

 ject, the result of which, I hope, will supply his de- 

 ficiencies, or at least give us a more accurate idea of 

 the Chinese game. 



The game is called by the Chinese Choke-choo- 

 hong-lii, literally the play of the science of war. 



The piece 1, which we call th6 King, is named 

 Choolioug, w hich may be rendered the scientific in 

 war, or generalissimo; he moves one pace at a time 

 in any direction, the same as our King, but within 

 the limits of his fort. 



The 



