When the same number is dealt and turned up for each, the tailleur says “apres," (after,) which forms “ un refait” (a doublet,) by which neither party loses, except it is “un refait trente et une," then the tailleur wins half the stakes punted on each colour, which half the punters may either pay or have their stakes moved into the middle semicircles of the colour, they then choose on the table called “la premiere prison,1’ (the first prison,) to be determined by the next event whether they lose all or are set at liberty; but if what is called “ un re- fait second trente et une ” (a second doublet of one and thirty) should hap- pen in the next succeeding deal, the punters lose half of their remaining moiety, or three-fourths of the stake they put down at first, and are removed into the smallest semicircle named “la seconde prison" (the second prison,) and the next coup determines whether the punter loses all, or is to be removed again into the first prison. At this game the banker cannot refuse any stake that does not exceed his funds ; which the punter declares by saying “Je vais la Banque” (I aim at the bank.) Bankers most generally furnish punters with slips of card-paper ruled in columns, each marked N. or R. on the top, on which accounts are kept by pricking with a pin. Some bankers give up the profit of "un re- fait” during the first deal. SPECULATION, Game of.— This is a lively round game, very often introduced into parties, as allowing scope for conversation and laughter. Almost any number may play at it ; in fact, the more the merrier. A complete pack of cards is used, bearing the same value as at whist, with fish or counters, on which a certain value is fixed ; the highest trump in each deal wins the pool. After determining the deal, the dealer CARDS 108 CARDS puts six fish into the pool, and the other players four each; next three cards are given to each by one at a time, and another turned up for trumps. The cards must not be looked at except In this manner: the eldest hand shows his top card, which if a trump, the company may speculate or bid for; he that bids highest getting it and paying for it, pro- vided the price offered is satisfactory to the seller of that trump. After this is settled, or if the first card does not prove a trump, then the next eldest shows his top card, and so on, the company speculate as they please on each trump turned up, till all are discovered, when the possessor of the highest trump, whether by purchase or otherwise, gains the pool. To play this game well, little more is re- quisite than recollecting what superiors of that particular suit have appeared in the receding deals, and calculating the pro- ability of the trump offered proving the highest in the deal. When no high trump has been discovered, It is often customary to purchase cards on speculation, before they are shown; more particularly when but few are left to be turned up. When a party turns up a trump he ought to be allowed time to sell it to the best advantage, before another card is turned up. It is advisable to sell any low trump if you can, particularly if there are many players. When a card is purchased, the buyer places it on his other cards immedi- ately before him, and does not turn up any more until a better trump appears in some other hand.

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When the same number is dealt and turned up for each, the tailleur says “apres," (after,) which forms “ un refait” (a doublet,) by which neither party loses, except it is “un refait trente et une," then the tailleur wins half the stakes punted on each colour, which half the punters may either pay or have their stakes moved into the middle semicircles of the colour, they then choose on the table called “la premiere prison,1’ (the first prison,) to be determined by the next event whether they lose all or are set at liberty; but if what is called “ un refait second trente et une ” (a second doublet of one and thirty) should happen in the next succeeding deal, the punters lose half of their remaining moiety, or three-fourths of the stake they put down at first, and are removed into the smallest semicircle named “la seconde prison" (the second prison,) and the next coup determines whether the punter loses all, or is to be removed again into the first prison. At this game the banker cannot refuse any stake that does not exceed his funds ; which the punter declares by saying “Je vais la Banque” (I aim at the bank.) Bankers most generally furnish punters with slips of card-paper ruled in columns, each marked N. or R. on the top, on which accounts are kept by pricking with a pin. Some bankers give up the profit of "un refait” during the first deal. SPECULATION, Game of.— This is a lively round game, very often introduced into parties, as allowing scope for conversation and laughter. Almost any number may play at it ; in fact, the more the merrier. A complete pack of cards is used, bearing the same value as at whist, with fish or counters, on which a certain value is fixed ; the highest trump in each deal wins the pool. After determining the deal, the dealer puts six fish into the pool, and the other players four each; next three cards are given to each by one at a time, and another turned up for trumps. The cards must not be looked at except In this manner: the eldest hand shows his top card, which if a trump, the company may speculate or bid for; he that bids highest getting it and paying for it, provided the price offered is satisfactory to the seller of that trump. After this is settled, or if the first card does not prove a trump, then the next eldest shows his top card, and so on, the company speculate as they please on each trump turned up, till all are discovered, when the possessor of the highest trump, whether by purchase or otherwise, gains the pool. To play this game well, little more is requisite than recollecting what superiors of that particular suit have appeared in the preceding deals, and calculating the probability of the trump offered proving the highest in the deal. When no high trump has been discovered, It is often customary to purchase cards on speculation, before they are shown; more particularly when but few are left to be turned up. When a party turns up a trump he ought to be allowed time to sell it to the best advantage, before another card is turned up. It is advisable to sell any low trump if you can, particularly if there are many players. When a card is purchased, the buyer places it on his other cards immediately before him, and does not turn up any more until a better trump appears in some other hand.

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