CHAPTER XVI--ASIATIC PLAYING CARDS 322-340

Discoveries of Messrs. Cushing and Culin--Arrows of

Divination--The Magi before Pharaoh--The Rod of Moses at

Horeb--The connection between arrows and cards--Korean

cards--Alaskan rods--The game--Hida Island Indian rods--

The next step--Htou-Tjyen or "Fighting arrows"--Chinese

lotteries and cards--Derivation of pips--Actor's cards--

Jokers called Blessings--Educational cards--Japanese

cards--Historical, gambling and divining arrows--Poetic

cards--Cashmere cards--Persian cards--Their emblems.

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