Abbildungen der Seite
PDF
EPUB

event of a Solo to be paid him by each of the three others: should the product happen to be less than 10, one fish is to be paid nevertheless; if 15 or upwards, and under 20, it is to be considered as 20, and 2 fish to be paid; if 25 or upwards, and less than 30, as 30, and so on, viz.

Suppose the player and partner have undertaken 5 and 3 tricks, the trump in a common suit; they get 8, their proposed number, this, if they have no honours, is to be multiplied by one, (because in a common suit) the product is only 8, which cannot be divided by 10, but one fish is however paid to both player and partner by the other two. If they undertake 5 and 3 tricks, and get 9, the trump in Second Preference, no honours, then 9 multiplied by 2 producing 18, is considered as 20 and divided by 10, making two fish to be paid to each of them. Should they undertake and win 6 and 4 tricks, the trump in a common suit, having two by honours; 2 and 10 are 12, which multiplied by 2, as stated in the table) make 24, that is, two fish to be paid; the remainder not being taken notice of.

But if the player, or player and partner do not get their tricks, then the number they are deficient, added both to what they undertook, and the honours they held, is to be multiplied by the number found in the table, and divided by 10, to shew the fish to be paid by them to their antagonists; for instance, when they undertake 5 and 3 tricks, having 2 by honours, the trump in a common suit, suppose they get only 6 tricks, then 6 subtracted from 8 leave 2, which added to 8 the number they undertook, and 2 the honours they held, make 12; this multiplied by one, and divided by 10, gives one fish. If they undertake 5 and 3 tricks, having 2 by ho

nours, the trump in Second Preference, should they get but 7, then one they are deficient, added to 8 they undertook, and 2 honours, make 11; this multiplied by 2, the number in the table, makes 22, which divided by 10, leaves 2, the fish to be paid. Should they undertake 6 and 4 tricks, having 4 honours, the trump in the First Preference; suppose they get but 8 tricks, 8 from 10, leave 2, which added to the 10, they undertook, and 4 honours, form 16, that multiplied by 8 (as in the table, makes 128, then 130 divided by 10, gives 13 fish to be paid by them.

When the player and partner each fail to get their proposed number of tricks, then the fish to be paid by them is to be defrayed in equal proportions between them; exactly the reverse of what would have been done, had they been successful. But if one gets his number of tricks and the other fails, then the unsuccessful person bears the whole of the loss, and when the player is alone, he pays the allotted number of fish to each of his three opponents.

In all failures whether the player has a partner or not, he or they pay a Baste to the pool, equal to the number of fish they would have taken from it, had they proved successful; this is the invariable rule for assessing the Bastes, which are not to be directly put into the pool, but laid aside, to be brought into the same at a future period, when some successful person has emptied it of the Bets, and all succeeding Bastes are to be kept separately, to supply the pool at the end of different deals, and till all are exhausted the game cannot end, unless after any round is completed, the parties agree to share the Bastes.

In respect to playing Misere, when a person has any kind of hand that he thinks will enable

him to lose all the tricks, the method is as follows: if he thinks it requisite to get rid of any particular card, then the declaration must be only Petit Misere; if this is not superseded by the other players, he puts out a card without shewing it, and the game commences, as at Whist, by the eldest hand, but in playing Misere of any kind, there are no trumps. The parties (still endea vouring to lose their tricks) proceed as at Whist, except that the general rules with regard to playing are reversed at Misere.

Whenever the Misere player is obliged to win a trick, the deal is at an end, and he is Basted, exactly as in playing Boston; and moreover, is to pay to each of the other persons 4 fish, as appears in the table: on the contrary, if the 12 tricks are played without winning one of them, he is entitled to the contents of the pool, and also to 4 fish from each of his antagonists. After a similar manner, Grand Misere is played, with the difference of not putting out a card, and having of course, to lose 13 tricks; which, if effected, entitles him to the pool, and 8 fish from each of his adversaries; if otherwise, he must pay 8 fish to each of them, and a Baste to the pool, equal to what he would have taken out, had he gained his point. Petit Misere Ouvert, and Grand Misere Ouvert, differ from the foregoing merely by laying down of the cards to be played on the table, so as to be seen by all parties, (except the card put out, in the case of Petit Misere Ouvert) and the playing is nearly the same; the only variation in the reckoning consists in paying or receiving 16 or 32 fish, explained in the Boston table, at the end.

When the deal is concluded and settled ac cording to the afore given directions, one or twe

persons will have won and taken the contents of the pool, or some on the contrary have been basted. In the former case, all the parties must furnish the pool afresh, as at the beginning: but when either of the players is basted, the new dealer has only to add 4 fish, to the old pool, and so on till some one wins, who is entitled to the Bets, and then the Baste of greatest value, (if there are more than one) is brought into the pool. The Bastes may be of different value, because they are to be equal to the contents of the pool at the time of paying each of them, as already mentioned.

If there are several Bastes, and the players wish to finish the game, it will be necessary to put two or more Bastes into the pool at once, or else the parties must share the fish on the table.

[merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small]

GAME OF }

CHESS.

THIS very ancient and scientific game, from time immemorial, known in Hindôstan by the name of Chaturanga, or the four members of an army, (elephants, horsemen, chariots, and footsoldiers), afterwards in Persia, stiled Chatrang (the game of king), and Shatranj (the king's distress) by the Arabians; which word undergoing various other changes in different languages ultimately formed the English appellation of Chess; is played on a board with thirty-two pieces, of different forms, denominations, and powers, divided into two colours or parties. The chess-board, like the draught-table, contains sixty-four squares chequered black and white. The king and his officers being eight pieces, are ranged at different ends upon the first lines of the board, a white corner of which, numbered 1 or 64, is to be placed towards the right-hand of each player.

The white king must be upon the fourth a black square, (marked 61), at one end of the board, reckoning from the right: the black or red king upon the fifth (5) a white square, at the other end of the board; opposite to each other. The white queen must be upon the fifth (60) a white square, on the left of her king. The black queen upon the fourth (4) a black square, on the right of her king. The bishops must be placed on each side of their king and queen; 59 and 62 for the white, 3 and 6 for the black. The knights on each side of the bishops; the white on 58 and 63, the black on 2 and 7. The rooks, in the two corners of the board, next to the knights, 57 and 64 of the white, 1 and 8 of the black; and the

$

« ZurückWeiter »