the Ace or the Knave? Suppofe again, that your Right-hand Adverfary holds three Trumps, and there is the like Number held by your Adverfary on the Left; by playing your Ace, and fineffing your Knave, if the Queen is on your Right-hand, you get a Trick by it; but should the Queen be on your Left-hand, and you play the Ace, and return the Knave, granting th your Left-hand Adversary played the Queen, as he ought certainly to do, it is above Two to One, that the Ten lurks in the Hands of One of your Adverfaries, and therefore, by playing thus you can gain no Trick.

X. In Cafe your Partner leads the Board with the Ace of Trumps, and you have King, Knave, and One fmall Trump, if you play the Knave, and return the King, it exactly anfwers the like Purpose of the foregoing Rule. The fame Method may be prac

tifed in other Suits.

: XI. If you have King, Queen, and Two or Three fmall Cards in any Suit, you may lead a fmall One, if you are ftrong in Trumps, it being Five to Four that your Partner has an Honour in that Suit; but should he be weak in Trumps, you ought to play the King first.

XII. Your Adverfary on the Right-hand plays from a Suit of which you have King, Queen, and Two or Three fmall Cards; if you are ftrong in Trumps you may pass it,

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for 'tis not unlikely that your Partner has a better Card in that Suit than the third Hand; but if not, you need not fear, but by the Strength of your Trumps, you will make that Suit.

XIII. If your Adverfary on the Righthand plays from a Suit, of which you hold King, Queen, and One small Card, no matter whether it be in Trumps or not; and you hold Queen, Knave, and One fmall Card, answer it with your Knave; and if you have Knave, Ten, and One fmall Card, give the Ten: Thus by playing the fecond Beft, your Partner imagines you have a better Card or Cards in the fame Suit.

XIV. If being ftrong in Trumps, you fhould have Ace, King, and Two fmall Cards. in any Suit; fhould your Right-hand Adversary play in that Suit, you may pass it, becaufe 'tis an equal Chance that your Partner has a better Card in that Suit than the third Hand; and if it fhould prove fo, you will get a Trick by it; but if not, as you are ftrong in Trumps, you need not doubt but you will make your Ace and King,

XV. Should you hold the Ace, Nine, and Eight, or the King, Nine, and Eight, or the Queen, Nine, and Eight, and One fmall Trump, if your Partner leads the Ten, pafs it, because you are fure of making two Tricks, except the three Honours lie behind you. XVI. If you have a Mind to deceive your

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Adverfary, when he on your Right-hand plays from a Suit, of which you have Ace, King, and Queen, or Ace, King, and Knave, play the Ace; which will encourage him to play that Suit again. Perhaps your Partner may be deceived likewife, but the Deception of your Adverfaries is of greater Confequence; for had you put the lowest of the Terce-major, or the Knave in the other Suit, your Adversary on the Right-hand had discovered that the Strength of that Suit was against him, and confequently changed Suits.

XVII. Of two Suits in your Hand, in one you hold Ace, Ten, and One fmalk Card; and in another, the Ace, Nine, and One fmall Card? Which of these Suits fhould you lead from? A. That in which you hold the Ace, Nine, and One small-Card; becaufe it is an equal Bett, that your Partner has a better Card in that Suit than the last Player: But if not, fuppofe then, that your Adverfary on the Right-hand leads from the King or Queen of the Suit, of which you have the Ace, Ten, and One fmall Card; in this Cafe it is an equal Bett, that your Partner has in that Suit a better Card than the third Hand; and if fo, upon Return of the Suit, you will' be Tenace, and will very probably get three Tricks in that Suit.

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your Adverfaries to have Three or Four Trumps remaining, and neither your Partner nor you have any, you ought not, if your can avoid it, force one Hand to trump, and let the other throw away a lofing Card; but try if you can fuit your Partner's Hand, if you have nothing good in your own, and fo hinder them from making their Trumps feparate.

II. Suppofe your Partner fhould lead the King of a Suit, of which you have none; in this Cafe you are to pass it, and throw away a lofing Card, which will make Room for his Suit; unless your Right-hand Adverfary fhould play the Ace; then indeed you must trump it.

III. AB become Partners against C D; Nine Cards are play'd out, and fo are Eight Trumps, 4 has only one Trump left, and B his Partner has the Ace and Queen of Trumps,. their Adverfaries C and D have the King and Knave of Trumps between them: Is B in this Cafe to play his Ace or Queen of Trumps upon the Knave? A. His Ace, because D having four Cards in his Hand, and C only Three, it is Four to Three in B's Favour, that the King is in D's Hand. If we reduce

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the Cards to a lefs Number, the Odds is ftill in Favour of B's winning a Trick. The fame Direction will ferve in playing any of the other Suits.

IV. Your Partner leads the Board with a Queen, and your Adversary on the Righthand wins it with his Ace, and returns that Suit; don't trump it, tho' you should not have One of it in Hand, but throw away a lofing Card, which will open a Way for your Partner's Suit. But if you play for an odd Trick, and are weak in Trumps, then indeed you may trump it.

V. You have only three Cards left in your Hand, namely, a lofing Card, a thirteenth Card of any Suit, and a thirteenth Trump: Which of these three Cards muft you play? A. The lofing Card; because, if you play the thirteenth Card first, your Adverfaries, mindful of your Trump in Hand, will not pafs your lofing Card, fo that you play, 2 to 1 against yourself.

VI. You hold Ace, King, and One small Card of a Suit, which is led by your Adverfary on the Left-hand;, you have likewife 4 fmall Trumps, but no good Suit to lead from; your Right-hand Adverfary puts up the Nine, or a lower Card, you are to win it with your Ace, and return his Lead with a fmall Card of that Suit; he will imagine that the King lies behind him, and fo will not put

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