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Excerpt from Rules of Russian Bank It is claimed that the game of Russian Bank was first played in China in the twelfth century. This claim is based upon certain well-established facts, reasonable as sumptious and shrewd guesses. The year _is fixed by a statement of the French mis sionary Evariste Régis Huc, on Page 271, Volume I, of his Travels in Tartary, Thibet and China where he says. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.