A 
Reon PON CR TE CHINESE LOTTERY 
KNOWN AS 
Peo OF V2 
cee played in the eae eee Bur- 
ma, Siam and wherever the Chinese settle, that 
some description of its origin and of the way in 
which it is carried on here may prove not altogether 
uninteresting. 
‘From a small book ‘On the Interpretation of Dreams with 
Illustrations of Hua Hoey ” we learn that the game was in- 
vented in the time of the second Han dynasty. In this book 
there is a short sketch of the lives of the thirty-six mythical 
personages (who had previously existed as animals) and direc- 
tions are given as to staking. ‘The order in which the charac- 
ters are described is different from that employed in the stak- 
ing papers of which a specimen is given below. | 
King Thai Peng, being the most celebrated character, is 
placed first instead of being No. 26. 
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