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Now as cockal bones do not take up as much room when they fall upon one end as when they fall flat, so every one of us at the beginning sitting broadwise, and with a full face to the table, afterwards changes the figure, and turns his depth, not his breadth, to the board.
The game of cockal, 'Bikkelen, still played by Dutch village children on the blue doorsteps of old-fashioned houses, together with 'Kaatsen, was introduced into Holland by Nero Claudius Druses, and it is stated that he laid out the first 'Kaatsbaan. The Frisian peasant is very fond of this game; and also of 'Kolven, the older form of golf; and often on a Sunday morning after church he may be seen dressed in his velvet suit and low-buckled shoes, engaged in these outdoor sports.
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