Backgammon . GA-JIH, OR GUS-KA-EH l8 6ACKGAMM0N, stones, the latter in various positions, thus displaying the de-grees of their convexity. A platform erected a few feet from the ground was coveredwith blankets. After the betting was closed—that soundsquite modern !—and the articles had been given into thecustody of the managers, they seated themselves on this plat-form, surrounded by a crowd of spectators, while the players,two in number, sat down to t«he game between the two divisionsinto which they arranged themselves. The game was extremely simple, depending on the dexterityof the pl
Backgammon . GA-JIH, OR GUS-KA-EH l8 6ACKGAMM0N, stones, the latter in various positions, thus displaying the de-grees of their convexity. A platform erected a few feet from the ground was coveredwith blankets. After the betting was closed—that soundsquite modern !—and the articles had been given into thecustody of the managers, they seated themselves on this plat-form, surrounded by a crowd of spectators, while the players,two in number, sat down to t«he game between the two divisionsinto which they arranged themselves. The game was extremely simple, depending on the dexterityof the player in a measure, though really more on luck. The blackened peach stones were shaken in the bowl by theplayer, the count depending upon the number which came upof one color after they had ceased rolling in the dish. The length of the game depended, to a certain extent, uponthe number of beans which made the bank—as a rule, this wasioo—the victory being gained by the side which, in the end,won them all. According to t
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