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One player takes the deer, the others divide the five sportsmen between them. The deer is placed on the round dots in the centre of game, and the sportsmen on each of the five dots nearest the ferry, but across the water.

The moves are from dot to dot along the lines, from one dot to another is a move; and you can cross from one line to another only where the cross line is drawn. The sportsmen cannot cross any of the pieces of water at all; the deer can cross the water along the dotted lines.

The deer wins the game if he succeeds in crossing the water and getting into the mountainous country at top of game; the sportsmen win the game if they surround the deer and force him on to the dot at either of the two houses, or on either the two dots at the cone, or on the centre dot, so that he cannot escape.

The deer moves first, and then each of the sportsmen, and the the deer again and so on. Neither the deer or sportsmen can be taken, and all can move either backwards or forwards, but only one move at a time.