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Its leaves--Mercury's attributes--Il Matto--Nebo--Tablets of fate--The Atouts--Their significance--de Gebelin-- Egyptian deities--Parchment records--Thoth the framer of laws--Bible of the gypsies--Attributes of Mercury-- Interpretation--Balaam--The "baru"--Tête-á-Tête mysteries--The pack--L'Ombre--Skus--Pagat--Austrian Taroks--The romance of a pack of Tarots--Austrian games-- Austrian game books--A clergyman on cards.