The young folk's cyclopædia of games and sports ; (1899)
Champlin, John Denison, 1834-1915, Bostwick, Arthur Elmore, 1860-1942, joint author · New York, H. Holt and company · leaf 162
probably of great antiquity, is foundin nearly all parts of the world.The Dyaks, or natives of Borneo, arevery skillful at it, making many kindsof puzzling figures, and the Maorisof New Zealand are also fond of it.The latter call it Mam, the name of … their national hero, by whom theysay it was invented. Its various pat-terns represent incidents in Manislife, and other events, forming a kindof pictorial history of the country. CATCH THE TEN, or ScotchWhist, a game of CARDS played bytwo to eight persons with a packfrom which the Twos, Threes,…
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