making the odd Trick by your own Hand: But had you trumped one of your Adververfaries beft Cards, your own Hand would have been fo weaken'd by it, that, in all Probability, you would not, without your Partner's Help, have made above Five Tricks.

But farther; you have in Hand Ace, Queen, and Three fmall Trumps; Nine, Ten, Knave, and Ace of another Suit; and Two fmall Cards in each of your other Suits; your Partner leads to your fecond Suit, to which, to deceive the Adverfary, you must play the Nine, upon which the Adverfary, if he wins that Card, will play Trumps; as you must do as foon as it comes to your Turn, ftill keeping the Command in your own Hand. Should your Adverfary, who led Trumps to you, throw one which your Partner cannot win, he will, if he has no good Suit of his own to play, return your Partner's Lead, fuppofing that Suit to be between your Partner and his. You may, by this Fineffe gain feveral Tricks, and seldom be a Lofer.

Once more; you have King, Ace, and Three fmall Trumps, a Quart from a King, and Two fmall Cards of another Suit, and One fmall Card to each of your other Suits; your Adverfary leads the Board from a Suit, of which your Partner has Quart-major, who wins it with his Knave, and then plays the

Ace;

Ace; to this you throw your loofe Card. Your Partner then plays the King, which is trump'd by your Adverfary on the Righthand, perhaps with his Knave or Ten; you muft not trump above him, which would weaken your Hand too much, and, it may be, occafion you the Lofs of two or three Tricks: But fhould he lead to the Suit of which you have none, you must trump it, and then play the lowest of your Sequents; and if by that Means you can get the Ace out of the Hand either of your Partner or Adverfary, play, when you get the Lead, two Rounds of Trumps, and then try your ftrong Suit. But fhould your Adverfary, instead of playing to your weak Suit, trump about, proceed with Trumps for two Rounds, by which you will get the Command of your strong Suit in your own Hand.

INSTRUCTIONS how to know the Strength of your Partner's Hand.

I.

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OU lead from a Suit, of a Queen, Ten, Nine, and Two fniall Cards the fecond Hand throws the Knave, and your Partner the Eight; now, as you have Queen, Ten and Nine, it is evident, if he understands the Play, that he has no more of that Suit. Upon which, if you are ftrong

in Trumps, you may force him to trump that Suit, or play any other.

II. You hold King, Queen, and Ten of a Suit, if you lead the King, and your Partner throws the Knave, it's plain he has no more of that Suit.

III. Suppose you have a Suit that consists of a King, Queen and several more, and you play the King first, it is sometimes good Play in your Partner to take your King with his Ace, if he has only a fmall Card more of that Sort; for, if he is very strong in Trumps, he will, upon this, trump about, and when he has got out all the Trumps, he goes back to his Partner's Lead, and gives him an Opportunity to make that whole Suit, which very probably could not have been done, had he kept the Command in his Hand.

But granting his Partner has not a good Card in his Hand befides that Suit, he will find no Difadvantage in lofing his King by the Ace; but if he has a good Card to bring in that Suit, he will, by this Play, get all the Tricks in that Suit. And by this Play of your Partner, you have Reafon to fuppofe he has One of that Suit to return you; therefore you must keep that Suit entire, and even your King and Queen guarded.

How

How to deceive and diftrefs your Adverfaries, and let your Partner into your Game.

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AVING Ace, King, and Three small Ones of a Suit, I play the Ace; the laft Player having none of the Suit, refuses to trump it; if I am but thin in Trumps, I must not play the King, but hold the Command of that Suit by playing a small One; by which Method of Play his Game is weaken'd.

It happens that I have none of the Suit that is led, and I have good Reafon to believe, that my Partner has not the best Cards in that Suit; now, in order to deceive the Adverfary, I throw away my ftrong Suit; but when my Partner has the Lead, for his Satisfaction, I throw away my weak Suit. This Method of Play feldom fails of Succefs, unless you are among Gamesters.

How to gain three Tricks by rifquing the Lofs of One.

I. verfary plays a Heart; your PartCL

LUBS are Trumps, and your Ad

ner throws away a Spade, because he has none of the Suit; from whence you conclude that your Partner's Hand confifts only of two Suits, Trumps and Diamonds; you win that I 4

Trick,

Trick, but as you are weak in Trumps, you are afraid to force him; you hold King, Knave, and One fmall Diamond, and your Partner has Queen and Five more of the fame Sort, by playing the King in your first Lead, and your Knave in the fecond, you and your Partner may win five Tricks in that Suit. Now, had you led a fmall Diamond, and your Partner's Queen been won by the Ace, the King and Knave still in your Hand, would hinder the Run of his Suit: And tho' he should hold the long Trump, yet that having been forced out of his Hand, by leading a fmall Diamond, you lose three Tricks in that Deal.

II. You hold Queen, Ten, and One small Card in your Partner's ftrong Suit, which you will discover by pursuing the Method in the foregoing Example; your Partner holds the Knave and Five finall Cards in that Suit ; it being your Lead, you throw the Queen, and after that the Ten: Now, if he has the long Trump, by playing thus, he makes four Tricks in that Suit; whereas had you play'd a small Card in that Suit, his Knave gone, and the Queen in your Hand in the fecond Round of playing that Suit, and the long Trump forced from him, the Queen left in your Hand prevents the Succefs of that Suit, and fo you lofe three Tricks in that Deal.

III. In the two foregoing Examples you