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able way in which some of the words are necessarily

introduced.

The proverb selected should be a familiar one, and if
possible to consist of as many words as there are per-
sons composing the party.

CAPPING VERSES.

One of the party begins by reciting a verse, or as
many lines of poetry as he pleases, provided he ends
with a rhyme, and some one else must immediately
say another piece, which must commence with the
first or last letter of the word with which the last
speaker concluded. For example, the verse chosen
is:—

Good people all of one accord
Give ear unto my song,

And if you find it wondrous short,
It will not hold you long.

One directly continues with,—

Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that’s gone,
And o’er his cold ashes upbraid him;