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[N.S.] 
thrown, the player has to throw again, and, if one of these num- 
bers is again thrown, the ‘‘ man” has to be removed and begin again 
from the beginning, 
The word for “throwing” the cowries is ‘pakkdna’; 7.e., to 
“cook” them 
The above represents what I understand to be the rules of 
the game as ordinarily played. There are, however, variations in 
the rules, some of them too complicated to be understood in the 
Spo 
were on the board, 10, 25 or 30 were thrown, the tag did not 
move, but threw again. If any of the above numbers were again 
thrown, he had to throw a third time. If they did not turn up, 
he added the amount of the second to that of the first throw and 
aaa accordingly. If, at the third throw, one of the three magic 
mbers again ogi up, the whole score was cancelled, but he 
had another thro 
ould, eneeen: either 7 or 14 turn up, then the whole score 
could be counted. In that village, if all the seven cowries fell 
with the slit uppermost, it counted 14, and not 12 as given above. 
It is not a that my original informants were wrong in this 
particu 
Chonpa. 
Another variant is known as “ Chonpa” or “ Chaun nsar rh.” 
It is played by four persons, each having four “ men,” coloured 
respectively black, yellow, green and red. The two former play 
in partnership against the two latter colours 
The board is the same as that already described, with the ex- 
ception that the refuges amen ty in the case of “ pachesi ” are 
either not marked at all or are sregarded, if the a is one 
. the case ny Pachesi, by cowries. These dice are of bone or ivory 
and are about 23 inches long, marked on their long sides with the 
numbers (1), (2), Sah and (6). 
‘ as is usual in this ee are thrown from the 
hand, without the use of a dice-box 
The n, own as mard, or got, are placed as follows:— 
gg psa of the cross occupied by the player who has 
the seco 
left of him, two green and two black ‘ eri This will be more 
-clearly understood from the accompanying diagram (Fig. 2) 
which shows the board set out for the commencement of this-game. 
