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The men are not placed in the box at the outset, but are kept in a heap 

 in the checquers of the players, which first are to the left hand of each. 

 The pieces are filled into the respective checquers according to the casts of 

 the dice — and they range to the right when the whole numbers have been 

 filled in. After this they may take up any uncovered counter of the ad- 

 versary which generally terminates the game. The chief aim is to prevent 

 a piece being uncovered. 



Len sua kam hoa is a game where a number of people sit on the 

 ground with their legs stretched out — and each having one of his feet 

 placed above the other, the hands being also placed above the feet. The 

 opposite party of players have to pass over the limbs of the sitters without 

 discomposing them. 



" Hide and seek" is as much a nursery game in Siam as in Europe. 



Len Saba is a favorite game — where a piece of wood or ball is impelled 

 to a certain mark by one foot of the player, who must keep on the other or 

 loose the game. It is played six days in the year at the Wantroot and 

 Songlehraan festivals. 



Marbles (or small balls of horn) are played also. 



Len Katrd is the wicker foot ball, which is kept up by a number of 

 persons who stand in a circle. It is a characteristic Chinese and Indo- 

 chinese, and also a Malayan game. 



Len hung is thus played : 



Two parties are formed. 



A stone is set up — near which one of the players of one party is sta- 

 tioned. The other party is in advance at a convenient distance. The 

 person at the stone takes a hard lime, and throwing it into the air, strikes 

 it with the palm of his hand in the direction of the opposite party. If none 

 of them catch it one of them must go to the place where it lies, and thence 

 throw it at the stone — if he hits it his party gets in, if not the game goes 

 on as before. If the ball is caught the party in goes out. 



Or, instead of the stone a hole is dug — and a bit of wood, a few inches 



in length, is struck of by a stick after having been cast up in the air. If 



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