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CHAP. IV.] GAMES. 59
the best fortune. He proceeds in the same manner
as before described; putting one hasweh in each
beyt; and taking in the same cases as in the former
mode; and then the other plays. After the first
gain, he counts the hasa in each of his beyts ; and
plays from that which will bring him the greatest
advantage. One of the parties may stop the other
to count the hasa which he takes out of a beyt to
distribute, in order to insure his distributing them
correctly. The gain of one party after finishing
one board is counted, as in the former mode, by the
excess of the number he has taken above the number acquired by the other ; and the first who makes
his successive gains to amount to sixty wins the
game.—This game is of use in practising the players
in calculation. It is very commonly played at the
coffee-shops; and the players generally agree, though
it is unlawful to do so, that the loser shall pay for
the coffee drunk by himself and his adversary and
the spectators, or for a certain number of cups.
Another game very general among the lower
classes in Egypt is called "tab." In other countries of the East this is called " tab wa-dukk;" but
I never hear this name given to it in Egypt. In
this country it is played in the following manner :—
Four small pieces of stick, of a flat form, about a
span (or eight inches) in length, and two-thirds of
an inch in breadth, are first prepared : they are
generally formed of a piece of palm-branch; one
side of which, being cut flat and smooth, is white;
the other, green, or, if not fresh, of a dull yellow
colour ; the former side is commonly called white,
| Title | An account of the manners and customs of the modern Egyptians - 2 |
| Creator | Lane, Edward William |
| Publisher | C. Knight and Co. |
| Place of Publication | London |
| Date | 1842 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000071 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | CHAP. IV.] GAMES. 59 the best fortune. He proceeds in the same manner as before described; putting one hasweh in each beyt; and taking in the same cases as in the former mode; and then the other plays. After the first gain, he counts the hasa in each of his beyts ; and plays from that which will bring him the greatest advantage. One of the parties may stop the other to count the hasa which he takes out of a beyt to distribute, in order to insure his distributing them correctly. The gain of one party after finishing one board is counted, as in the former mode, by the excess of the number he has taken above the number acquired by the other ; and the first who makes his successive gains to amount to sixty wins the game.—This game is of use in practising the players in calculation. It is very commonly played at the coffee-shops; and the players generally agree, though it is unlawful to do so, that the loser shall pay for the coffee drunk by himself and his adversary and the spectators, or for a certain number of cups. Another game very general among the lower classes in Egypt is called "tab." In other countries of the East this is called " tab wa-dukk;" but I never hear this name given to it in Egypt. In this country it is played in the following manner :— Four small pieces of stick, of a flat form, about a span (or eight inches) in length, and two-thirds of an inch in breadth, are first prepared : they are generally formed of a piece of palm-branch; one side of which, being cut flat and smooth, is white; the other, green, or, if not fresh, of a dull yellow colour ; the former side is commonly called white, |
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