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160 conits in Swooping or Bartering. He that performs the Office of Drummer and Singer, expoes one Thing or other to Sale, at any Rate he thinks fit; if any of the Company has a liking to it, he hews his Conent by giving the Seller a Slap on his Breech, and the Bargain is done, and cannot be retrieved, whether good or bad. The Boys and Lads have alo their Patimes and Plays, when they meet in the Evening. They take a mall Piece of Wood, with a Hole in it at one End, to that they tie a little pointed Stick with a Thread or String, and throwing the Piece with the Hole in it, up into the Air, they trive to catch it upon the pointed Stick, through the Hole. He that does it twenty times ucceively, and without failing, gains the Match, or Party, and he that mies gets a black Stroke on his Forehead, for every Time he mies. Another Boy's Play is a Game of Chance, like Cards or Dice; they have a Piece of Wood pointed at one End, with a Pin or Peg in the midt, upon which it turns; when the Boys are eated around, and every one