CHAPTER XVII--CHESS AND OTHER GAMES 341-364

Chess a battlefield--The Emperor Akbar and his queen--

Lady Dufferin's description of the Palace of Glass--

Living Chess--Two Jokers--Derivation of Chess--Troy--

Crete--Nig--Egyptian caricature--Korean Chess--Set in

British Museum--Chess from Brahmins--Ravan, king of

Ceylon--Seffa's trick--Persian words--Jussef's

escape--Mora--Draughts--The Pharaoh--Greek and Roman

names--French games--Checkers--Korean "horses"--Dice--

German dice cards--Korean dice--Dominoes--Jackstones--

Materials--Ball--Pieces--Kong-Keui--Chinese and Korean

games--The sets--Muggins--Milking the cow--Grab--Peas in

the pot--Horses in and out of the stable--Sweeping the

floor--Spreading the table--Laying eggs--Setting eggs--

Hatching eggs--Jackstraws--A set described--Their values.

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