BUFF WITH THE WAND. (Exercising Hearing, &c.) ALL the parties playing take hold of each other's hands in a circle around Buffy, who is blindfold, and stands in the middle, holding a long wand or stick. The players then dance and skip round him, singing a short chorus of some song; and after going once round, they stop. Buffy then stretches forth his wand, directing it by chance; and the person whom it touches is compelled to take hold of it by the end presented. Buffy feeling the wand grasped, cries out three times; and the player who holds the wand must answer in the same manner, although he is allowed to counterfeit another than his natural voice. If, in spite of this precaution, Buffy recognises and names him, they change places. If, on the contrary, Buffy is wrong, the wand is released, and he makes two more attempts in the same If he is still unsuccessful, the game manner. continues with a fresh round; and he must continue blindfold until he names some one correctly -unless, indeed, one of the players voluntarily takes his place, in which case Buffy pays a fine and delivers up the wand. Sometimes it is arranged that every person caught and correctly named by Buffy, shall pay a forfeit. This game may be played in large apartments, and, during fine weather, in gardens or meadows. N. B. As that which is sometimes called Indian Buff, in which Buffy guesses by touching the knees or sitting on the laps of the other players, is a rude and boisterous game, which presents nothing new, it is omitted. DUMB CRAMBO. (Exercising Imitative Faculties.) PLATE III. In this game, which is highly amusing, the parties are seated in a circle or around the sides of a room; no table occupying the intermediate space so as to intercept the view of all the parties. The person who begins the game then pronounces aloud some word of a single syllable; and the more uncommon this word is, or the fewer the words that can be found to rhyme to it, the better-provided only that the beginner of the game knows a rhyme which is not likely to be discovered by some one else, for such a rhyme he must hold in reserve, and be able to produce at the end of the round, or he must forfeit. The beginner of the game having, then, pronounced the first word, the person on his right must find another monosyllable to rhyme to it; |