a game at cards, played by any number of per- sons; the dealer giving three cards to each person at one time, and turning up the last card all round. This being done, each player puts down three stakes, one for each card. The first stake is won by the best card turned up in the deal, beginning with the ace, and so on. When cards of the same value are turned up to two or more, the eldest hand gains; but the ace of diamonds wins, to whatever hand it be turned up. The second stake is won by what is called the brag, which consists in one of the players chal- lenging the rest to turn up cards equal to his. A pair of aces is the best brag, a pair of kings the next, and so on; and a pair of any sort wins the stake from the most valua- ble single card. In this consists the great diversion of the game; for by plausible management, a pair of fives, treis, or even deuces, in the hands of a clever player, may out- brag a much higher pair, and even some pairs royal. The knave of clubs is here a principal favourite, making a pair with any other card in hand, and with any other two cards a pair royal. The third stake is won by the person who first makes up the cards in his hand one and thirty; each court card going for ten, and drawing from the pack, as usual in this game.