1. A STRAIGHT FLUSH, _i.e._ a sequence of five cards, all of the same suit.

N.B.--As between two sequences, that beginning with the highest card

has the preference. The ace may be treated at pleasure either as the

highest card or the lowest, and will, therefore, form a sequence either

with king, queen, &c., or with two, three, &c. Ace, king, queen, knave,

ten is the highest possible sequence. Ace, two, three, four, five, the

lowest.

2. FOURS, _i.e._ four cards of the same denomination, with one indifferent

card, the higher four having priority.

[Aces in this case count as highest, so that a four of aces is the best

possible.]

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