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1em  HAZARAS. See.  HAZARD, a game played with dice. The player or “ caster” calls a “main” (that is, any number from five to nine inclusive). He then throws with two dice. If he “ throws in,” or “nicks,” he wins the sum played for from the banker or “setter.” Five is a nick to five, six and twelve are nicks to six, seven and eleven to seven, eight and twelve to eight, and nine to nine, If the caster “throws out” by throwing aces, or deuce, ace (called crabs), he loses. When the main is five or nine the caster throws out with eleven or twelve; when the main is six or eight he throws out with eleven; when the main is seven he throws out with twelve. If the caster neither nicks nor throws out, the number thrown is his “ chance,” and he keeps on throwing till either the chance comes up, when he wins, or till the main comes up, when he loses. When a chance is thrown, the “‘odds” for or against the chance are laid by the setter to the amount of the original stake. Suppose, for example, 7 is the main. If the caster throws 7 or 11 he wins; if he throws aces, crabs, or 12 he loses. If he throws any other number, that is his chance. Say 7 is the main and 4 the chance, the odds against the caster arc now 2 to 1 (as will appear from the table below). Hf the stake were £1, tho setter would lay £2 to £1 in addition. The caster goes on throw- ing till either 7 or 4 appears, when he loses £2 or wins £3. In laying the odds, the setter gains no advantage, as can easily he shown, examining the various ways in which two dice can be thrown,

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in all 36 ways. The table shows that there are six ways in which

7 can be thrown, three ways in which 4 b 1 odds are 6 to 8, or 2 to 1. 7 can be thrown. Hence the

1em 1em 1em  HAZÁRIBÁGH, a British district in the lieutenant- governorship of Bengal, India, lying between 23° 25’ and 24° 48’ N. lat., and between 84° 29’ and 86° 38’ E. Jong. It is bounded on the N. by the districts of Gayé and Monghyr, on the E. by the Santal Parganas and Manbhum districts, on the 8. by Lohardaga, and on the W. by Lohardaga and Gaya; it forms the north-east portion of the Chutia Nagpur division, and has an area of 020 square miles. The physical formation of Hazaribagh exhibits three dis- tinct features—(1) a high central plateau occupying the western section, the surface of which is undulating and cultivated; (2) a lower and more extensive plateau stretch- ing along the north and eastern portions; to the north, the land is well cultivated, while to the east the country is of a more varied character, the elevation is lower, and the character of a plateau is gradually lost ; (3) the cen- tral valley of the Damodar river occupying the entire southern section. Indeed, although the characteristics of the district are rock, hill, and wide-spreading jungle, fine patches of cultivation are met with in all parts, and the scenery is generally pleasing and often picturesque. The district forms a part of the chain of high land which ex- tends across the continent of India, south of the Nerbudca on the west, and south of the Sdn river on the east. The most important river of Hazaribagh is the Damodar, with its many tributaries, which drains an area of 24S0 square miles. The only other river of any importance is the Barakhar. The jungle gives shelter to wild animals of all sorts. Game birds are plentiful.

