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Robert Kemp Philp
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[KNOWLEDGE
MAKES
HUMBLE.]
105.
Speculation
is
a
lively
round
game,
at
which
several
may
play,
with
a
complete
pack
of
cards,
bearing
the
same
value
as
at
whist.
A
pool
is
made
with
fish
or
counters,
on
which
such
a
value
is
fixed
as
the
company
may
agree.
The
highest
trump
in
each
deal
wins
the
pool;
and
should
it
happen
that
not
one
trump
be
dealt,
then
the
company
pool
again,
and
the
event
is
decided
by
the
succeeding
deal.
After
determining
the
deal,
&c.,
the
dealer
pools
six
fish,
and
every
other
player
four;
then
three
cards
are
given
to
each,
by
one
at
a
time,
and
another
turned
up
for
trump.
The
cards
are
not
to
be
looked
at,
except
in
this
manner:
The
eldest
hand
shows
the
uppermost
card,
which,
if
a
trump,
the
company
may
speculate
on,
or
bid
for--the
highest
bidder
buying
and
paying
for
it,
provided
the
price
offered
be
approved
of
by
the
seller.
After
this
is
settled,
if
the
first
card
does
not
prove
a
trump,
then
the
next
eldest
is
to
show
the
uppermost
card,
and
so
on--the
company
speculating
as
they
please,
till
all
are
discovered,
when
the
possessor
of
the
highest
trump,
whether
by
purchase
or
otherwise,
gains
the
pool.
To
play
at
speculation
well,
recollection
is
requisite
of
what
superior
cards
of
that
particular
suit
have
appeared
in
the
preceding
deals,
and
calculation
of
the
probability
of
the
trump
offered
proving
the
highest
in
the
deal
then
undetermined.
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