antage.

2576. Technical Terms Used in Croquet.

i. _Roquet_.--To strike another ball with your own.

ii. _Croquet_.--When two balls are in contact, the player strikes
the other away, either with or without putting the foot on your own
ball, as may be previously arranged.

iii. A _loose Croquet_ is made by striking your opponent's ball
without putting your foot on your own ball. In taking "two off" it
is, however, necessary that the ball should be seen to move.

iv. _Wired_.--A ball is in contact with a hoop, so as to prevent it
going through.

v. _Bridge Ball_.--One that has passed the first arch.

vi. _Dead Ball_.--One in hand after having roqueted another.

vii. _To Peg_.--To play for either of the pegs in regular order.

viii. _The Tour_.--The run given to each player till he fails to
strike through a hoop.

ix. _To Dismiss_ a ball is to Croquet it to a distance.

x. _Rover_.--You become a Rover when you have completed the hoops
from point to point, and instead of hitting the starting-peg and
retiring, you prefer to strike your ball to any part of the ground,
croqueting friends or foes.

xi. The terms side stroke, straight stroke, following ball,
over-running a bridge, running a bridge, &c., explain themselves.

2577. Bagatelle.

An indoor game played on an oblong board usually from six to ten feet
long by a foot and a half to three feet in width. The bed of the table
is of slate covered with a fine green cloth; and at the upper end,
which is rounded, there are nine holes or cups, numbered from 1 to 9,
thus:

5
3 2
8 9 7
4 6
1

Into these holes ivory balls are driven by a leather pointed cue. The
player stands at the lower end of the table; and his object is to hole
the balls sucessively into the several cups. Nine balls are used,
eight white and one red; or seven white with two coloured balls. The
red is placed on a spot just in front of the 1 hole; and the game is
played according to the following:

2578. Rules.

i. Any number of persons may play, whether singly or on sides.

ii. Each player strings for lead, and he whose ball falls into the
highest hole begins.

iii. The winner of the lead plays the nine balls successively up the
table from baulk, first striking at th