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Excerpt from Popular Pastimes for Field and Fireside, or Amusements for Young and Old
Materials used in the Game - Preparation of the Ground Choice of Sides - General Principles of the Game - Arrange; ment of the Bridges - Diagrams - Rules of the Game - Strik ing the Ball - Running a Bridge - Striking Out - The Rover - Ro'quet - Croquet and roquet-croquet - The Flinch - Sug gestions to Beginners - Hints to Players - Carpet Croquet The Board Game - Vocabulary of Terms. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
