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The games described are chiefy those of the Chinese laborers in
America, a limitation found as acceptable as it is necessary, since even
among these people, who came from a comparatively small area, there
exist variations in the methods of gambling, as well a.s in the terminology of their games. The latter IS made up largely of slang and colloquial
words and presents many difficulties. The gamblers are usually
men of the most ignorant class, and those most familiar with the games
are often the least able to furnish correct Chinese transcriptions of the
terms employed in them, so that the task of interpretation would have
been extremely difficult but for the assistance received from Chinese
and Japanese scholars.§