Discoveries of Messrs. Cushing and Culin--Arrows of Divination--The Magi before Pharaoh--The Rod of Moses at Horeb--The connection between arrows and cards--Korean cards--Alaskan rods--The game--Hida Island Indian rods-- The next step--Htou-Tjyen or "Fighting arrows"--Chinese lotteries and cards--Derivation of pips--Actor's cards-- Jokers called Blessings--Educational cards--Japanese cards--Historical, gambling and divining arrows--Poetic cards--Cashmere cards--Persian cards--Their emblems. CHAPTER XVII--CHESS AND OTHER GAMES 341-364 Chess a battlefield--The Emperor Akbar and his queen-- Lady Dufferin's description of the Palace of Glass-- Living Chess--Two Jokers--Derivation of Chess--Troy-- Crete--Nig--Egyptian caricature--Korean Chess--Set in British Museum--Chess from Brahmins--Ravan, king of Ceylon--Seffa's trick--Persian words--Jussef's escape--Mora--Draughts--The Pharaoh--Greek and Roman names--French games--Checkers--Korean "horses"--Dice-- German dice cards--Korean dice--Dominoes--Jackstones-- Materials--Ball--Pieces--Kong-Keui--Chinese and Korean games--The sets--Muggins--Milking the cow--Grab--Peas in the pot--Horses in and out of the stable--Sweeping the floor--Spreading the table--Laying eggs--Setting eggs-- Hatching eggs--Jackstraws--A set described--Their values. CHAPTER XVIII--FORTUNE-TELLING THROUGH THE CARDS 365-383 Methods--Etteila--Le Normand--Fortune-telling cards-- Rules--Meanings of cards with French pips--A fortune told--The hairdresser of Paris--The First Napoleon--Les hautes sciences--Deductions of the fortune-teller-- Papus--Definition of suits--Key to the pip cards of the Tarots--Staves, Cups, Swords and Money--Rules for reading the cards. CHAPTER XIX--READING THE BOOK OF THOTH 384-392 Rules--The first diagram--Directions for divination--The young man's career--A second game with its rules--To establish fluidic sympathy--The fourth deal--Etteila's method. ILLUSTRATIONS ATOUTS OF AN EARLY ITALIAN PACK OF TAROTS, 1 TO 6 _Frontispiece_ _Facing Page_ ATOUTS OF AN EARLY ITALIAN PACK OF TAROTS, 7 TO 12 30 ATOUTS OF AN EARLY ITALIAN PACK OF TAROTS, 13 TO 18 54 ATOUTS OF AN EARLY ITALIAN PACK OF TAROTS, 19 TO 22, WITH TWO COURT CARDS 74 EARLY ITALIAN TAROTS, COURT CARDS 98 EARLY ITALIAN TAROTS, PIP CARDS OF THE CUP SUIT 116 EARLY ITALIAN TAROTS, PIP AND COURT CARDS OF THE CUP SUIT 140 EARLY ITALIAN TAROTS, PIP CARDS OF THE ROD SUIT 166 EARLY ITALIAN TAROTS, PIP AND COURT CARDS OF THE ROD SUIT 190