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the fame animal, and the retreats or ambuf- 
cades which he occupies fucceffively one after 
the other. The player begins by taking feme 
lambs out of their holes, and putting them in- 
to other holes of the tiger. Perhaps this tiger 
has a regular movement like fome of our 
pieces at chefs, and the art of the, player con- 
fifts in avoiding this movement, to fave his 
lambs, and prevent them from being devoured. 
At leaft, when it has been neceflary to place 
them elfewhere, I have feen him double his 
attention ; but he fometimes brings them to- 
gether or feparates them in fuch a confufed 
manner, that, being unable to follow the game, 
I have been confounded by the movements^ 
and could comprehend nothing farther, till the 
moment when the flakes were taken up. 
There is another game, which, being much 
more eafy, becaufe it is fimply a game of chancej 
is on that acccount fo much the more danger- 
ous ; for the Nimiquas, fond of it to diftrac- 
tion, frequently riik, in playing at it, their herds 
and all they poflefs. It confiderably refem- 
bles our huftle~cap. The feed of the mimofa 
of the country is a fort of hean, which con- 
ftitutes 
