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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Peter,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The markings on the four sided die that
Willughby describes makes more sense for playing Put and Take without question,
and so I look forward to your ideas on the development on of the markings on the
later eight sided die.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>One aspect of playing put and take with the four
sided die as opposed to the eight sided one is a social/spacial consideration.
An eight sided die can be rolled easily and therefore played on a table top with
those playing sitting around it. The totum/teetotum similarly. A four sided die
would have to be small for it to be thrown properly in a small space and have
sufficient chance to fall on any of its four sides equally. Is there any
suggestion of size of these dice and what they were made out of? </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have seen photographs of Indian long dice (4
sided) probably 19 C and these seem to be several inches long. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>jon</FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>