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Robert Kemp Philp
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At
the
commencement
of
the
game
the
dominoes
are
well
mixed
together,
with
their
faces
upon
the
table.
Each
player
draws
one,
and
if
four
play,
those
who
choose
the
two
highest
are
partners
against
these
who
take
the
two
lowest.
Drawing
the
latter
also
serves
to
determine
who
is
to
lay
down
the
first
piece--a
great
advantage.
Afterwards
each
player
takes
seven
pieces
at
random.
The
eldest
hand
having
laid
down
one,
the
next
must
pair
him
at
either
end
of
the
piece
he
may
choose,
according
to
the
number
of
pips,
or
the
blank
in
the
compartment
of
the
piece;
but
whenever
any
one
cannot
match
the
part,
either
of
the
domino
last
put
down,
or
of
that
unpaired
at
the
other
end
of
the
row,
then
he
says,
"Go;"
and
the
next
is
at
liberty
to
play.
Thus
they
play
alternately,
either
until
one
party
has
played
all
his
pieces,
and
thereby
won
the
game,
or
till
the
game
be
blocked;
that
is,
when
neither
party
can
play,
by
matching
the
pieces
where
unpaired
at
either
end;
then
that
player
wins
who
has
the
smallest
number
of
pips
on
the
pieces
remaining
in
his
hand.
It
is
to
the
advantage
of
every
player
to
dispossess
himself
as
early
as
possible
of
the
heavy
pieces,
such
as
a
double-six,
five,
four,
&c.
Sometimes,
when
two
persons
play,
they
take
each
only
three
or
five
pieces,
and
agree
to
play
or
draw,
i.e.,
when
one
cannot
come
in,
or
pair
the
pieces
upon
the
board
at
the
end
unmatched,
he
draws
from
the
pieces
in
stock
till
he
finds
one
to
suit.
There
are
various
other
ways
of
playing
dominoes,
but
they
are
all
dependent
on
the
matching
of
the
pips.
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