ntity of counters
sufficient for the number of cards taken; upon the counters a value is to
be fixed adequate to the stakes first deposited, from the whole of which a
sum [111] must be reserved, enough to pay, at the conclusion of the game,
all the counters laid upon the table.

Then, after counting the 90 knobs, so as to be certain they are right, the
eldest hand shall first shake them well together in the bag, and afterwards
draw out ten successively, not only declaring the number of each as drawn,
but also placing the same conspicuously on the board.

As soon as a number is declared, each player having that number on one
or more of his cards, is to take up counters, sufficient to lay one upon
that number every time it occurs, and so on until the ten knobs are drawn.
When only part of the pack is taken, and a number drawn happens not to be
upon any player's card, then the players may put away that knob till some
person takes a card on which it is printed.

When ten knobs are drawn out, every player examining the cards separately,
and having only one counter upon any horizontal line, wins for that no more
than the said counter, which is styled gaining by _abstract;_ where two
counters are on the same horizontal line of a separate card, the player
gains an _ambo_, and becomes entitled to five counters besides the two;
when three are upon the same line, the player obtains a _terne_, and is
to receive 25 additional counters; if four are on the same line, that is
called a _quaterne_ winning 100 counters additional; when five occur on
the same line, that makes a _quinterne_, gaining 250 additional counters,
and the player is entitled to payment out of the pool for all the
above-mentioned acquisitions previous to another drawing. Instead of
giving counters, payment for the same may at once be made from the stock
in the pool.

The knobs are then to be returned, and the bag given to the next player in
rotation, who is to shake the same, and draw, etc., as before stated.

[112]

Whenever the pool is exhausted, the players must contribute again,
according to the number of cards taken; and when it is resolved to finish
the game, they agree among themselves to have only a fixed number of
drawings more.

At the last drawing each player proceeds as heretofore directed, but the
drawing concludes when no more counters are left on the table. The players
then, beginning with the eldest hand, are to be paid out of the pool,
as