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CmCHTON 196 CBICXET game are fifteens, sequences, flushes, pairs, etc. After dealing, the players gather up their cards, and having taken out two each, place them, with their faces down, on the table. These four cards form the crib, which becomes the property of the dealer, under certain con- ditions. Points are scored in two different ways in cribbage — first in play, and second in reckoning up the cards held. After the crib is put out, the pack is cut by the non-dealer, and a card turned up by the dealer. When this card is a knave, it is called two for his heels, and counts two to the dealer; and a knave held in hand, of the same kind as the turn-up card, entitles the player to score one; it is called one for his knob. A six-card cribbage' is played in a very similar manner, but is inferior in science to five-card cribbage. When three parties play at the game, each plays on his own account; and when four play, sides are generally chosen, CBICHTON, JAMES (kri'ton), sur- named The Admirable; born in Scot- land, in 1560. His father was a lord of session, and through his mother he was [)f royal descent. He was educated at the university of St. Andrew's, and gradu- ated M. A, in 1575. He was one of the young men selected to be fellow-students of the young king, James VI., under the direction of George Buchanan. He then went to France, where he continued his studies, and also, as he adhered to the Roman Church, took part in the war car- ried on by Henry III. against the Hugue- nots. The beauty of his person, the strength and agility he displayed, joined to his multifarious accomplishments and surprising capacity of eloquent talk, made him the admiration of all. About 1580 he went to Italy, visiting probably Genoa and Rome, and then Venice, where he was warmly received by the g^reat printer Aldus. He was introduced to the Doge and Senate, created astonishment at Venice and Padua, by his brilliant off- hand discourses on philosophy, theology, and other high themes, and his challenge to disputation in any of several lan- guages, and on either side of any contro- versy. He next went to Mantua, and was appointed tutor to the son of a duke. Attacked in the streets one night by a party of men armed and masked, he over- came them by his superior skill, and rec- ognized his pupil, to whom he at once presented his sword. The young prince immediately ran him through with it, July 3, 1582. CRICKET, the name given to any in- sects of the genus Aeheta, or the tribe Achetina. The antennae are long and tapering, the wings are laid flat upon the back. When at rest they are folded, but are so long that they project behind the wing-cases. The tail ends in two bris- tles, besides which the female has an ovipositor. The best known species are the following: The common cricket or house cricket. Its appropriate habitat is the kitchen hearth, where it makes its presence known by its song. The field cricket is found in burrows among stones and sand. The mole cricket has curious mole-like hands or hand-like organs, ad- mirably adapted for digging. CRICKET, a well-known game, played in the United States, Great Britain, Australia, and India, the players being arranged in two contesting parties of 11 each. Strutt, one of the best English authorities on ancient sport, adduces some evidence to show that "club-ball," played in the 14th century, may have been the parent of cricket. Cricket stands pre-eminent in England among the many outdoor pastimes pur- sued during the summer months. Cricket is not solely an affair of skill; chance is also a factor to a very large extent. To excel at cricket it is necessary that the study of the game should begin early, as a great deal of patience and practice is requisite. At nearly all, if not all of the English public schools, a cricket "coach" or tutor is engaged. Cricket may be played either single- wicket or double-wicket, but it is now so rarely played in the former manner that we can safely confine our attention to the latter. For a double-wicket match game 11 players on a side are necessary, and after the captains have tossed to settle who shall go to the bat first, the loser places his field and the winner sends in two of his surest, safest batters to defend the wickets and to make runs. The disposition of the field depends upon the style of bowling, whether it be fast, medium pace or slow, and the following diagrams will give a pretty clear idea of how the fielders are placed and what dangers the batsman has to guard again.st. A distance of 22 yards sepa- rates the wickets, and by the scale the relative position of the players may easily be estimated. The field having been duly placed, the batsmen having taken their stand, with legs carefully pro- tected by pads, and hands by ingenious rubber gloves, the umpire calls "play," and the bowler sends down his first ball. After five balls have been delivered from one wicket the umpire calls "over," and the whole field changes about till the position of the men bears the same re- lation to the other wicket that it did to the one first bowled against. These "overs" continue to be bowled from alter-