ON SIAMESE LITERATURE. 



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opposite tai heng second and cJio-au he pays for them and gets all the 

 rest- — and so on. 



Eepe, is a game played nearly in the same manner as Thoa. 



Eepo7ig, is a game played with a six sided teetotum — marked 

 1,2,3, 4, 5, 6. 



The stakes are deposited in the allotted compartments. 



If the number turned up be 1, the player pays thrice the number 

 of the stakes deposited there, and takes all the rest. If 2, he pays tlirice 

 the stakes there and takes all the rest — and so on. 







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Len pJiai Kadaat are Chinese cards on which Chinese characters 

 are printed. 



Len pet kaau. — European cards. 



Len that lok haat, is a game played with three dice— marked from 

 1 to 6. It seems also to be a Chinese game. If three turn up alike they 

 are neither in favor or otherwise, but lose the box. The throw 1-2-1 wins — 

 2-2-1 loses — 1-2-3 loses the box; the other number of the series wins, 2-2-3, 

 as does any other sequence — or any unequal dice. 



2- 2-3 wins, as does the rest of the series. 



3- 4-4 loses, as do the other two of the series. 



4- 4-5 and 4-4-6 win — 4-6-6 loses — 4-5-5 and 4-4-3 lose : 4-5-3 neuter 

 —4-3-2 ditto— 4-2-1 ditto. 



With two dice— aces lose, doublets lose ; — 3-3 wins, — 4-4 loses, — 5-5 

 wins,— 6-6 wins. 1-2, the No. 1 wins — 1-3,1-4,1-5,1-6 — a^ neuter, as are 

 other unequal numbers — 6-5 win 6-5, and 6 wins. 



Len Eethop, or pitch and toss, is played with tin pice, or coins : a hole is 

 made in the ground, the players throw each one pice at first and he who 

 holes the pice has the privilege of throwing the general stakes at once 



towards the hole and taking as many as go in. If no pice fall into the hole 



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