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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 180

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actmass. Then the sides draw lots and play inturn, the purpose being to knock the enemystower out of bounds. Let us say that playerNo. 1 of Fort A begins. He takes his stand just in front of his own gorodok, and hurls hisbat at the enemys tower. If he strikes it, butdoes not send it, or part of it,… … x6S 166 SOME RUSSIAN GAMES. Dec. of standing at the half-line. Should a stick fallacross the gorodok-line, it is placed uprightwhere it fell, and is called a pop. Next playsNo. 2, of Fort B; then again a member fromA; and so on, until one of the citadels is razedto the ground, which makes the other…

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