. Chess and playing cards. from which they piece is liable, however, to be taken up and thrown back to thebeginning, as in backgammon, by any of the adversaries pieces hap-pening to fall upon its square, except in the case of the twelve priv-ileged squares (called chik, forts), which are marked with a cross;in that case the overtaking piece can not move from its position. Their CHESS AND PLAYING-CARDS. 853 motion is determined by throwing six or seven1 cowrie shells as dice,which count according as the apertures fall uppermost or not. Thecounts are as follows: 1 aperture up = 10 2
. Chess and playing cards. from which they piece is liable, however, to be taken up and thrown back to thebeginning, as in backgammon, by any of the adversaries pieces hap-pening to fall upon its square, except in the case of the twelve priv-ileged squares (called chik, forts), which are marked with a cross;in that case the overtaking piece can not move from its position. Their CHESS AND PLAYING-CARDS. 853 motion is determined by throwing six or seven1 cowrie shells as dice,which count according as the apertures fall uppermost or not. Thecounts are as follows: 1 aperture up = 10 2 apertures up = 2 3 apertures up = 3 4 apertures up = 4 5 apertures up = 25 6 apertures up = 30 7 apertures up = 12No apertures up = (> A throw of twenty-five or thirty gives an additional move of one. Atthe last step the throw must amount to exactly one more than the num-ber of squares left to enable the piece to go into the central space, i. e.,off the board. If it happens to stop on the last square, it can not get off.
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