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and the other less. The game will now oe hain es for the 
second time but not by the player who started it on the 
previous occasion and one peculiarity will be. jamie: while 
arranging the pieces. Suppose, for example, that after the end 
of the first game, one player finds that he has 37 pieces in his 
possession, then he will arrange 35 pieces in the usual way, while 
two (i.e. the pieces he has obtained in excess of 35) \ will not 
be placed in any of the depressions, but will remain to his 
credit while the game is being played for the second time. 
The other player will now arrange the 33 pieces, placing 3 
within the depression lying to the extreme left along his line, 
while the other six will contain 5 pieces each. On this occa- 
sion Be following additional rules will also be observed :— 
; The person that has got two pieces extra will have all 
the angle groups of 2 pieces that may accumulate within one 
depression while his adversary is playing to his — While 
the latter will have all the single groups of 3 pieces that may 
accumulate within one depression to his credit w hile the former 
may be playin 
(6) The winner will have the a to his extreme left 
covered by his palm and gain one piece every time he passes 
round this depression, while his adversary will not be allowed 
to drop any piece in it. 
(c) The pieces that will be gathered in the depression where 
the three pieces were placed will always come to the possession 
of the winner. 
These rules will, certainly, vary according to the difference 
in the number of pieces possessed by each player after the end 
of any game. If we, for example, suppose that the winner has 
got 47 pieces after one game, then two depressions beginning 
from the right of his adversary along the row belonging to his 
adversary will be kept covered over and none will be allowed 
to place any piece inside these. The games will be continued 
in this way and the person who succeeds in capturing all the 
pieces of his opponent will be victorious. It is clear that the 
rules of the game are a little complicated and as I had to. 
obtain my information from an old Khasia woman with the 
help of an interpreter I would not be surprised if it was found 
that the rules enumerated above required correction. I sincerely 
hope that, as a result of the publication of this note, some 
better informed person may come forward and give us = (posalbty) 
a more correct and complete account of the game. 
It is interesting to note that a game like this is prevalent 
in many parts of India. Lt.-Colonel Shakespear has described 
a game like this among the Lushais. The game is called “ Vai 
lung thlan”’; the board has 12 shallow depressions in two rows 
and is played according to rules different from those stated 

