CHAPTER XVI--ASIATIC PLAYING CARDS 322-340

Discoveries of Messrs. Cushing and Culin--Arrows of Divination--The Magi before Pharaoh--The Rod of Moses at Horeb--The connection between arrows and cards--Korean cards--Alaskan rods--The game--Hida Island Indian rods-- The next step--Htou-Tjyen or "Fighting arrows"--Chinese lotteries and cards--Derivation of pips--Actor's cards-- Jokers called Blessings--Educational cards--Japanese cards--Historical, gambling and divining arrows--Poetic cards--Cashmere cards--Persian cards--Their emblems.