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2583. English Billiards. English Billiards,--the best of all the games,--is usually played 50 or 100 up. The points are thus reckoned--three for each red hazard, two for each white hazard, and two for each canon. A coup--that is running in a pocket, or off the table without striking a ball--is a forfeiture of three points,--a miss gives one point to the adversary. The game commences by stringing for lead and choice of balls. The red ball is placed on the spot at the top of the table, and the first player either strikes at it, or gives a miss. Every time the red ball is pocketed, it is replaced on the spot. He who makes a hazard or canon goes on playing till he fails to score. Then the other goes on, and so they play alternately till one or other completes the required number of points, and wins the game. 2584. Pyramids. Pyramids is a game played by two persons, or by four in sides, two against two. Fifteen balls are placed close together in the form of a triangle or pyramid, with the apex towards the player, thus: o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o The centre of the apex ball covers the second or pyramid spot; and the first player strikes at the mass with a white ball from baulk. Pyramids is a game consisting entirely of winning hazards, and he who succeeds in pocketing the greatest number of balls, wins. A single point is scored for each winning hazard, and a forfeiture of a point for each losing hazard; the game being usually played for a stake--so much (say 6d.) a ball, and so much (say 1s. 6d.) for the game.