The Badminton Magazine 1897-05: Vol 4 Iss 22 (1897)
Longman, Green & Co · leaf 60
his clients’ use. I have not heard that the secret of loading dice is under- stood ; but I suspect’ it is, for anything a Chinaman does not know in the cheating line is not worth knowing. \ > | { \ PREPARING TO SHOOT AFTER THE SHOT Foot ARCHERY Fantan, or ‘turn-over,’ is the most popular gambling… … THE WAY THE ARROW IS FIXED AND HELD, SHOWING THE JADE THUMB-RING flourishing, the Hong Kong government has at last succeeded in inducing the Chinese authorities to close the fantan shops at Cowloon opposite. The banker, in view of all, grabs a handful of copper cash or paste counters, and claps a…
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