rendering them divisible by three.

129. Four-Handed Bezique.

i. Four-handed Bezique may be played by partners decided either by
choice or cutting. Partners sit opposite each other, one collecting
the tricks of both, and the other keeping the score, or each may
keep his own score, which is preferable.

ii. A player may make a declaration immediately after his partner
has taken a trick, and may inquire of his partner if he has anything
to declare, before drawing.

iii. Declarations must be made by each player separately, as in
two-handed bezique.

iv. The above descriptions will serve to sufficiently acquaint the
reader with the rules and modes of play adopted in this excellent
game. Bezique is said to be of Swedish origin, and to have been
introduced to English players through the medium of some Indian
officers who had learned it of a Scandinavian comrade. Variations in
the play occur in different companies. These, however, having been
indicated above, need not be more particularly noted.

130. Napoleon.

This popular game is played by four, five, or six persons with a full
pack of cards, which take the same value as in Whist. The object of
the game is to make tricks, which are paid to or received from the
dealer at a fixed rate, a penny or more a trick, as previously
arranged. The deal being decided in the usual way, the pack is cut and
five cards are dealt one at a time to each player, beginning at the
left. After every round the deal passes. Each player looks at his
cards, the one to the left of the dealer being the first to declare.
When he thinks he can make two or three tricks he says, "I go two," or
"I go three." The next may perhaps think he can make four tricks; and
if the fourth believes he can do better he declares Napoleon, and
undertakes to win the whole five tricks. The players declare or pass
in the order in which they sit; and a declaration once made cannot be
recalled. The game then, proceeds. The first card played is the trump
suit; and to win the trick, a higher card than that led in each suit
must be played. The winner of the first trick leads for the second,
and so on till each of the five tricks are played out. Each player
must follow suit, but he is not bound to head the trick or to trump.
Each card as played remains face upwards on the table. Supposing the
stake to be a