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d about ten feet away draw the taw line.
The holes are three feet apart. The object of each player is to shoot
his taw so that it will enter and stay in the first hole. If he
succeeds, he is allowed to place his thumb on the far edge of the
first hole, and using his hand as a pair of dinders, by a twist of the
wrist he marks with his longest finger a curved line on the ground.
This is called "taking a span." From the span line he shoots at the
second hole, and if successful continues on to the third. If this is
won, he takes a span backward for the middle hole. If he reaches the
first hole, he repeats it over, but this time he is entitled to two
spans. The third time, if there is no miss, he can take three spans,
and if he succeeds, he becomes a "King Duck," and takes four spans.
If the first player misses, and the second player rolls into the first
hole, he takes a span and shoots--if it is near--at the first taw, and
if he hits, he can place his taw in the second hole, and so on till he
misses. When numb
