You can understand, _Mon cher Monsieur_, that I cannot, in the short space at my disposal in this limited letter, do more than merely outline the suggestion of the New Rules, but when I assure you that they have been cautiously thought out, drawn up and revised by a carefully selected Committee, comprising, among other noted experts, a Major-General of Engineers, two Analytical Chemists, a Balloon Proprietor, an Archbishop, a Wild-beast Tamer, a Ballet Master, a Professor of Anatomy, a Patent Artificial Limb Maker, and a Champion Fighter of _Le Boxe Americain_, you will see that the features of the game, gay, murderous, active, and terrible, have all been considered with a due regard to their preservation where this has been found compatible with the sacredness of human life and the protection of _le shin_ from too much furious and brutal bruising. But here I subjoin a few of the simpler "New Provisions" as adopted by the Committee. 1. "Le Balle."--He will be constructed of Gold-beater's Skin, and covered with Pink or Blue Satin, with perhaps a few White Silk Bows, sewn on to him for the purpose of elegant adornment. It is this making of "Le Balle," a light, gay, and altogether ethereal creation which will strike the key-note of the new game of _Le Kick-Balle Fight_ as a recognised pastime for the courageous youth of modern France. 2. _Le Onze_, will all wear one uniform, which will consist of white satin slippers, pantalons of cashmere, with feather pillows worn as a protection strapped over the knees, a bolster being wound round the body to safeguard the chest, ribs, and spinal column. A broad gay, coloured satin sash with a cocked hat and ostrich feathers completes the costume. The last to indicate, owing to the risks and dangers in which the combatants may be involved, its association with _le vrai champs de bataille_, to which, but for the "new provisions" it would bear such a terrible and striking resemblance. 3. "Le 'Arf-back."--This dangerous officer is abolished altogether, the Committee being of opinion, unanimous and decisive, that the position is only provocative of strife. 4. "Le Forward."--He is for the same reason equally abolished, and in the French game exists no more. 5. "Le Goal-keepere."--He may keep "Le Goal" if he can do so without danger of being struck in the face with "Le Balle." 6. "Le Balle" must, on no account, be touched with the foot, but merely slapped playfully, enough for the purposes of propulsion, with the palm of the open hand.