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The Game of the Ring.

This game is well worth trying, even if it was known to France in
the eighteenth century. To play this game there must be no more
than nine in the company. State that while you are absent from the
room one of the company must slip a ring on any joint of any
finger he may choose. Also number each person as 1, 2, 3, etc.; the
right hand 1, the left 2, the thumb 1, index finger 2, second
finger 3, etc.; the first joint of each finger--that is, at the
extremity--1, the second 2, and the third 3.

For example: suppose that the fifth person has the ring concealed
on the first joint of the fourth finger of the left hand. To solve
the problem it is necessary to discover the numbers 5, 2, 4, 1,
which is done as follows. Ask some one to double the first number,
or that of the person (which will give 10), and to subtract 1; ask
him to multiply the remainder (9) by 5 (giving 45); next, to add
the number (2), and then 5 (which wi