upon in the description already given.

_STAKES_.

For the reason already mentioned the stakes should be so arranged that the
amount in the pool can always be divided by three. Thus, supposing that
three counters, or coins, are fixed as the amount for the deal, and six
for a loo, there cannot possibly be any surplus after the division among
the winners of the three tricks, no matter how many may have paid in.
If, however, the pool consists of such an amount as to render equal
division impossible, the division is made as nearly equal as can be,
and the winners of the first and second tricks have the preference.

It is not necessary that the loo should be twice the amount of the deal,
indeed any sum may be fixed for either the one or the other, and it is not
unusual when the [23] deal is settled at 1 1/2_d_. for the loo to be 6_d_.,
or when the one is 6_d_. for the other to be 2_s_. 6_d_., and so on.
Another method is to make the stake for a loo unlimited, and yet another
to make it somewhat of a combination, unlimited up to a certain amount
(_see_ Variations), but the more general course is to have a definite price
fixed (_a_) for the deal, (_b_) for an ordinary loo, and (_c_) for a single
loo, which latter is generally half the amount of the full loo.

Before commencing play in the game, it is desirable to settle
whether Club Law (_see_ Variations) is to be enforced, and whether
any alteration is to be made in the law compelling the holder of
two or more trumps to lead the _highest_ on the original lead.
The modification of this rule is "two or more trumps lead _one_."

_DEALING_.

The deal is settled in the same way as already described in connection
with Nap, and the cards having been shuffled and cut, the single is dealt,
as described on page 18. In other rounds the dealer must distribute the
cards to the players one card at a time, in regular order from left to
right, and must deal to the spare hand, or miss immediately after dealing
his own card each time. With some players deviation is permitted,
the dealer being allowed to distribute the cards in any order he likes,
and either singly or three at a time; or the miss is left until last,
when the three cards for the spare hand are dealt at once. These
departures are not desirable, and we strongly recommend the enforcement of
the rule compelling the regular distribution of cards, as herein set out.

In the event of a misdeal, an irregular distrib