Living London; its work and its play, its humour and and its pathos, its sights and its scenes; . hG(i HORSES. and La\^ Down arcgames in which one playeropposes all the rest. Theast - named is a roughform of trap, bat, andball ; but the trap is dis-pensed with and the ballmerel} bounced on theground. The fielder ofthe ball endeavours to hit the bat (usuallya rough piece of \\-oodj which the strikerplaces flat on the ground. Straights, criesthe fielder ; and, if the striker has omittedto shout Xo straights, he is at liberty tostand in a line with the bat. Other robust games, bu
Living London; its work and its play, its humour and and its pathos, its sights and its scenes; . hG(i HORSES. and La\^ Down arcgames in which one playeropposes all the rest. Theast - named is a roughform of trap, bat, andball ; but the trap is dis-pensed with and the ballmerel} bounced on theground. The fielder ofthe ball endeavours to hit the bat (usuallya rough piece of \\-oodj which the strikerplaces flat on the ground. Straights, criesthe fielder ; and, if the striker has omittedto shout Xo straights, he is at liberty tostand in a line with the bat. Other robust games, but which belong—either properly or of necessity—to thewinter, are Chalk Corners, which is Hare and Hounds (only the hares blazea trail by drawing arrows on the pave-ment instead of b) dropping paper), andsnowballing, and sliding. The fashions ofstreet criclcet and football overlap at oneperiod of the \ear, and both are beingpla}ed. An amusement for the bo}-s thatis an exasperation for the girls will cropup when two blithe spirits snatch a skip-ping-rope and run down the street, entanglingall the indignant petti
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