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To make it quite clear the last player has the choice of two tiles: Either the last discard- ed tile, or the last live tile ip\the wall. You see at once that if a drawing the last live tile, he were to discard, the next player has not the choice of two tiles--therefore, the hand ends with the drawing of the last live tile, which may give the player "MAH JONGG." J.H.B.--You do not mention any- { thing about "Married Hands" in Will you | Does it | your MAH JONGG score. please explain this hand. score the "limit? Ans.--This is a freak play which in probably the most hopeless non- se] om start to finish. A hand consisting of seven pairs has no value whatever, unless any of the pairs happen to be Honours, or Winds of the rund, or of the Play- er's own Wind--in which case the scoring value would be as much as two points for any such pair. You cannot go game on 'this hand. To the Chinese this hand is a joke--one of them told me that on a wet miser- foolishness of this "Married Ifand" affair, and it cheered them up for the whole day. If yolhgonsider that the 136 tiles in the MAH JONGG set yields some- thing over a trillion possible hands consisting of seven pairs, can you imagine for one instant that such a hand should rank as a limit hand? (The figures quotéd are the results of the calculation by a Professor of Engineering at McGill. The ratio of chances possible in the game of this married hand, compared with the "Thirteen Wonders" is 2008 to 1.) -- L.B.D.N.--What decides the places of North, South and West winds in the beginning of the game? Ans.--In ordinary games -the play- ers take seats at the table, and each player throws the two dice. The player who throws the highest num- ber is East Wind for that hand, (he is the Banker). It is from the position of Rast wind that the positions of the other winds dre decided. East is faced by West; but the positions of North and South are reversed. South is always on the right of East, EE ---- what is the dead wall? Is it the whole part of the wall at the right of the break? Ans.--The "Dead Wall," at the start of the game, is the first seven pairs of tiles to right of the break. If there are no loose tiles drawn dur- ing the hand, the game will end with those fourteen tiles "dead." The Chinese do not worry at all about the dead wall during the play- ing of the hand. It is only toward the end of the hand that they separ- ate it from 'the tiles still to be drawn. This is done in a very simple man- ner, Starting with the original seven pairs of tiles as a basis--they look around the table and add one pair of tiles for each "Kong" which ' has been exposed. The dead wall may start with a lower tile, but that odd one does mot count. It woyks out this 'way: / The original dead wall 7 pairs. If one "Kong' has been declared, 8 pairs. If wo "Kongs" have been declar- ed, 9 pairs. If three "Kongs" have been de- clared, 10 pairs. The pairs must be complete, inde- pendent of any odd tile, You will find that this method--the Chinese way, at one sweep does away (with the nuisance of the foreigner's me- thod of constantly marking the end of the "dead wall" throughout the playing of the hand. ' = A.B.C~--In par. 98 you say that it is possible for a hand to count up in the millions--I would like to know what combination of tiles could give such a number of points? Ans.--Here are the two hands re- ferred to in par. 98. If you play without a limit the score would be: ™ East wins in the East round--go- ing "Mah Jongg" on loose tile. 4 Red Honors (cloged.. ,. 32 4 Green Honors (closed) .. 32 4 White Honors (closed) .. 32 4 East Winds (closed) ..,. 32 Pair North Winds .. ...... 2 Drawing winning tile (wind) 8 BHAk JOREE" +s +o avn vss. oe 10 Farn for Red Homors.., .. 292 Farn for Green Honors .. ,. 584 Farn for White Honors .. 1,168 Two Farns for Egst Wind .. 2,336 (Own Wind of East round. 4,672 Three Farns for all one suit (Honors) ..18,688 37,378 Farn for all Three's (no se- ° quences .... .. Farn for *" *" on HG... sacri ovens 2.149.504 Being East Wind, gets double : from everybody, total. ...897,024 ---- It you play with the Flowers and Seasons and get this game hand, with the full set of Flowers and Seasons you would score: 3 East goes "Mah Jongg" on loose tile. ' 4 Red Honors (closed).. .. 32 "% ee ea es 4 White Honors (closed) .. 32 By G. M. LE Copyright by the RENOUF PUBLISHING C0. of Moatreal. able day they would think of the | y HAIN ( : AN | 4 Green Homors (closed) .. 4 East Winds (closed) .. . Pair North Winds.. .. .. .. Drawing winning tile (wind) 14 Semsons ...,. Ju. ¥..: 4 Flowers. . $e wr au ue "Mah Jongg" on loose tile .. 'Mah JoRgz"" .. .. cree ae Farn for Red Honors ... .. .. Farn for Green Honors Farn for White Honors ..1,1,504 Farn for East Wind 3,008 Three Farns for all one suit 6,016 12,032 24,064 One Farn for all three's .. 48,128 Four Farns for four Sea- BOMB .euv +o, sees «ov +. 96,256 ' 192,612 385,024 770,048 Flow- ..1,540,096 3,080,192 6,160,384 12,320,768 East Wind gets double-from all players--total ....73,924,608 Question. I am told that some authorities give three doubles for a hand com- | prising: Three Green Honors. Thrée Two Bamboos. Three Six Bamboos. Three Eight Bamboos and a pair of Bamboos on which there is no color except green. Can you explain this "All Green" hand. Is it any- thing special? Four Farns for four GM. oee-coue is . Answer. This hand is one of thousands which would all score three farns (doubles). You might have: Three Red Honors. Three One Characters. Three Four Characters, Three Five Characters. Pair Two Characters. You would score one farn for your Red Honors--one farn for all char- acters, and one farn for no sequenc- es. Any similar combinations with any of the Honors (and Winds, too, if off the Round, or the Player's own Wind) and any one of the suits, would give a three farn hand. But there must be something peculiar in connection with this "all green" hand, because I have been asked about it many times. In spite of what some people tell me, it surely cannot be that any authority has selected this particular hand as the one three farn hand--that is too ridiculous. If thi hand is quoted as being something exceptional, or of higher counting value than, say, the character hand, I have taken as an example, then there must be some mistake in the printing. I could fill this whole page with hands counting three farns. Just because In the hand you submit, the bam- boo tiles have no other color ex- cept green--there is nothing wonder- ful about that. Here is a hand for instance: Three White Honors, Three One Bamboos. Three Seven Bamboos. Three Nine Bamboos. Pair Five Bamboos. This is a three farn hand every bit as good as the "all green" hand. I sometimes think that I shall amuse myself by finding out the ori- gin of these extraordinary ideas-- probably some weird things will tome to light. (To Be Continued On Saturday). { nt tps PURCHASED A RESIDENCE. ----r-- M. H. McClow Taken Over Sexsmith House in Bath. Bath, May 12.--Mrs. J. M. Wemp has returned home after spending the winter with friends in Chicago. 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