. Mazes and labyrinths; a general account of their history and developments. Figs. 149, 150 and 151.—Path of Rat in Labyrinth ; three stages. (Szymanski.) education of a rat in this respect, the dotted line repre-senting the track followed by the animal from theentrance to the food-containing centre of a simple formof labyrinth. Some sort of game, known as Labyrinthe, enjoyeda passing favour in France in the eighteenth century. Anadvertisement of May 8, 1869, referring to one offeredfor sale by a Parisian upholsterer named Lechevin,describes it as un jeu de labyrinthe an cases doredor moulu, a
. Mazes and labyrinths; a general account of their history and developments. Figs. 149, 150 and 151.—Path of Rat in Labyrinth ; three stages. (Szymanski.) education of a rat in this respect, the dotted line repre-senting the track followed by the animal from theentrance to the food-containing centre of a simple formof labyrinth. Some sort of game, known as Labyrinthe, enjoyeda passing favour in France in the eighteenth century. Anadvertisement of May 8, 1869, referring to one offeredfor sale by a Parisian upholsterer named Lechevin,describes it as un jeu de labyrinthe an cases doredor moulu, avec tableau dans chaque case, but this doesnot tell us much concerning the nature of the pastime. A card game of similar name was played in thiscountry half a century ago; it was a kind of bezique. In France the name Labyrinthe is also given to a208 childrens game in which the majority of the playershold hands so as to form a chain of arches which arethreaded by two runners called respectively le tisserandand la navette—the weaver and the shuttle. A visitor to the Lat
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