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 The object of each player in the game is to obtain all the seeds of his opponent. A "set" consists of as many games as may be necessary for that purpose.

The first game of a set is started by both players together. Each one takes out the whole contents of any hole in his kampong and, beginning with the hole on the left of that just emptied, drops one seed into each hole, going from the right to the left around the board. When coming to his own rumah, he drops one seed into. it; but he drops none into his opponent's.

If the last seed falls into a hole wherein there are other seeds, the whole contents are taken out and distributed as above, beginning with the hole on the left of that just emptied. Whether the hole into which the last seed was dropped is in the player's own kampong or in that of his opponent, makes no difference in this case.

If the last seed falls into the rumah of the player, he may start again distributing, as above, the contents of any hole of his own kampong.

If the last seed falls into an empty hole in his own kampong, he takes out that seed and the whole contents of the opposite hole in his opponent's kampong, and puts both into his rumah. The player then ceases playing until it is his turn again.

If the last seed falls into an empty hole in the player's own kampong, and the opposite hole in his opponent's kampong is also empty, the seed remains there, but the player ceases playing until it is his turn again.

If the last seed falls into an empty hole in the kampong of the opponent, the seed remains there, and the player stops playing until it is his turn again.

Only the first game of a set is started by both players at the same time. If one of the players has to stop in accordance with §5, 6 or 7, the other continues playing until he meets with the same fate. Thereupon his opponent starts again, and so they play alternately. Each player can only start in his own kampong.

A game is finished, if in the kampong of one of the players all holes are empty, and the respective player has dropped his last seed either into his own rumah or into an empty hole in the kampong of