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Updated: May 13, 2025
But now, clad in white flannels, butcher-boots, and scarlet caps, a couple of players make their appearance, and walk their sturdy little steeds up the ground; another and another quickly follow, and soon the contending sides group themselves together at opposite ends of the enclosure.
Monte, faro, rouge-et-noir, are the games. A large proportion of the players are diggers in shirt-sleeves and butcher-boots, belts round their waists for bowie knife and 'five shooters, which have to be surrendered on admittance. They come with their bags of nuggets or 'dust, which is duly weighed, stamped, and sealed by officials for the purpose.
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