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have made ; but if either have fourteen cards, the deal is 

 loft. 



3. If the dealer does not turn up the laft card, the deal 

 is loft. But if the card is fhewn, and falls on its face 

 by accident afterwards, the deal in this cafe ftiall ftand 

 good. 



4. The dealer fliould leave the laft card on the table till 

 he has played ; after which nobody can a(k for it, though 

 they may inquire what is trumps at any time. Should he 

 leave it on the table after the firft round, it may be called, 

 as if {hewn by accident. 



5. Every perfon has a right before he plays to call on 

 the players to place their cards before them, which is, 

 in other words, to afl< who played them. It is therefore 

 a quibble to fay they have no right to make that 

 demand. 



6. The partner who reminds his partner to call after 

 the trump is turned up, forfeits a point. 



7. If one of the players omit playing to a trick, and 

 remains with a card too many, it is at the option of the 

 adverfaries to call a new deal. 



8. If A plays out of his turn to his partner's lead, 

 the laft player may play before the firft : if to his adver- 

 fary's, his partner may be compelled to, or prevented from 

 winning the trick at their option. 



9. Miftakes relative to tricks may be reftified at any 

 time during the game, whether called or not. Alfo ho- 

 nours, if proved to Ijave been called in time, though not 

 fcored ; but they cannot be claimed after the trump is 

 turned up. 



10. If one party calls at any fcore but eight, the ad- 

 verfaries may, after confulting, call a new deal ; the fame, 

 if one calls without two, or the other anfwers without one 

 honour. 



11. If any player calls after he has played, the adver- 

 faries may call a new deal ; but not confult together. 



12. Whoever calls, having only one honour in his hand, 

 fhould forfeit in proportion to any advantage that aftually 

 does or may poflibly accrue from the fault. If it ftiould 

 prevent the adverfaries from calHng, after the hand is played 

 out, the honours Ihall take place of the tricks. 



13. If any perfon plays out of his turn, the adverfaries 

 have the option to call that card at any time, or di- 

 reft the player whofe turn it was, to play any fuit they 

 choofe. 



14. If A, fuppofing that he has won a trick, leads again 

 fjefore his partner has played to it, the adverfaries may 

 oblige his partner to win it, if he can. 



15. Any player may call a card from his adverfary, 

 if he names it, and proves the feparation. Should he name 

 a wrong one, he may have his beft or worft card called of 

 any fuit played during the deal. 



16. Cards thrown down cannot be taken up again ; but 

 may be called by the adverfaries. They may be ftiewn down 

 by the player, if fure of every trick. 



1 7. There are in faft four penalties on a revoke, which 

 take place of every other fcore. The adverfaries may take 

 three tricks from the party revoking, or three from their 

 fcore, or add three to their own ; and if there ftill ftioilld 

 remain enough to make the party revoking game, they can- 

 not win it, but remain at nine. 



There is often judgment required in taking the penalties 

 of a revoke. Before the fcore is advanced, if the party re- 

 voking has won nine tricks, the leaft confideration will fhew, 

 that the adverfaries ftionld take three of them, for if they add 

 three to their own fcore, they ilill leave the odd trick to the 



former ; but if the revoking party be at eight, it is better 

 for the adverfary to fcore three points, as the odd trick i 

 leaves the former at nine, which is in e-^ry refpeft a worfe 1 

 point than eight. On other occafions, it is only to calculate \ 

 how the different fcores will remain after each mode of 1 

 taking the penalty ; and it will be obvious which will be 

 the moft advantageous — never lofing fight of the points of 

 the game ; /'. e. fcoring eight or five yourfelf, or prevent 

 your adverfary from doing fo. 1 



18. A revoke is not eftablifhed before the party revoking 

 has played again, or the trick been turned and quitted ; 

 but the adverfaries, at their option, may call from the 

 higheft or loweft of the fuit at the time, or the card ftiewn 

 at any time during the deal. 



19. If a revoke is claimed, the adverfaries forfeit the 

 penalties of a revoke, if they mix the cards before it is 

 determined. 



20. No revoke can be claimed after the cards are cut for 

 the next deal. 



21. A cafe having occurred in which A played out of 

 his turn, and B, his partner, was direfted to play a trump ; 

 but B had another fuit, and three or four cards were played 

 before it was difcovered that B had a trump in his hand : it 

 was decided, that the cards ftiould be taken up again, and a Jt 

 trump led by B as direfted. | 



22. A cafe occurred in which A called at eight, but his 

 partner did not anfwer, though he had an honour, becaufe 

 he had a bet on the odd trick. The adverfaries contended 

 that the deal ftiould not ftand ; and reference being made _ 

 to Mr. M., he decided that the game was fairly won, be- j| 

 caufe there could be no poflible advantage made of the cir- ' 

 cumftance as far as related to the game, though it might as 



to the trick, if that had been the cafe referred ; and their 

 cafe produced the following law : viz. No one is obliged to 

 anfwer to his partner's call, even though he has the other 

 two honours in his hand. 



23. No player, having three honours in his hand, can be 

 precluded from taking advantage of them at any time pre- 

 vious to his playing a card. This law was grounded on 

 the following cafe ; viz. A at the fcore of eight, on gra- 

 dually opening his hand, faw two honours in it immediately, 

 and told his partner of it, who did not anfwer : but A con- 

 tinuing to look over his cards found a third honour, and 

 ftiewed them down. It was contended that he had no right 

 to do this, as Mr. M. thought improperly, upon which he 

 propofed the above-mentioned law. We here fubjoin a 

 maxim connefted with this cafe. 



When at eight, with two honours, look at your adver 

 fary's fcore, and confider if tliereis a probability they ftiould 

 fave their lurch, or win the game, notwithftanding your 

 partner holds a third honour ; if not you ftiould not call, 

 as it gives a decided advantage againft you in playing for 

 tricks. 



24. Whoever ftiall by viford or gefture manifeftly dif- 

 cover his approval or difapprobation of his partner's mode 

 of play, or aflc any queftions but fuch as are fpecifically al- 

 lowed by theexiiling laws of whift, the adverfary ftiall either 

 add 3 point to his own fcore, or deduft one from the party 

 fo tranfgrefling, at his option. 



23. It is now fettled, that either of the players may infift 

 on the cards being placed at any time previous to their 

 being put together. It is alfo fettled, that where a bet is 

 made, that either of the parties fcores two, the bet is won 

 by honours, though the adverfary has won the game by 

 cards — fuppofing it betted that A makes two points, if B, 



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