American girl's book: or, Occupation for play hours (1831)
Leslie, Eliza, 1787-1858 · Boston, Munroe and Francis; New York, C. S. Francis · leaf 159
s he can. He takes by jumping over every one thathas a vacancy immediately behind it, and if he suc-ceeds in capturing so many geese that not enough areleft to pen him up, he of course wins the game. Thegeese win, if they can manage to surround the fox soclosely that he has no way to get out.… … MORRICK. This game may easily be learned by children of fouror five years old. A morrice-board is frequentlyfound on the back of the small German chequer-boards and it is played with the same men or pieces.But if you have no other board for this game, it isvery easy to draw one after the above…
Handicraft · Amusements
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