What shall we do now? Five hundred games and pastimes: . of the players. The counters of each player may be distinguished fromthe others by any distinctive sign marked on them. Theymust not be pushed along but struck a sharp blow with yourshovel. The head of your shovel must not pass the linemarked for the counters. Counters which rest on, or touch aline do not count. A. very considerable degree of skill can beattained in this game and it is a never failing resource on dulldays. A rainy day is a good time to practice various tricks andpuzzles so as to perfect yourself in performing them. Balan
What shall we do now? Five hundred games and pastimes: . of the players. The counters of each player may be distinguished fromthe others by any distinctive sign marked on them. Theymust not be pushed along but struck a sharp blow with yourshovel. The head of your shovel must not pass the linemarked for the counters. Counters which rest on, or touch aline do not count. A. very considerable degree of skill can beattained in this game and it is a never failing resource on dulldays. A rainy day is a good time to practice various tricks andpuzzles so as to perfect yourself in performing them. Balancing TricksThere are a number of balancing tricks which are easy andingenious. The secret of most such tricks is in keeping the RAINY-DAY GAMES 123 centre of gravity low, and when this idea is once mastered youcan invent tricks to suit yourself. For instance a tea-cup canbe balanced on the point of a pencil thus : put a cork throughthe handle of the cup (it should be just large enough to bepushed in firmly) and stick a fork into it, with two prongs on.
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