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ROAD-GAMES 169On any main road you may confidently expectto find all the instruments and appliances thatare needed for these sports. You have yourwatch, the telegraph poles, the milestones. Thetelegraph poles are numbered though I haveeven met with travellers so unobservant anduneducated as not to be aware of it.Your firstbusiness of course is to get the distance betweenAs they vary greatly with the bend of thepoles.road you will find that you must pace perhapshalf a dozen different intervals before you arriveat a fair average. From that you go on to findhow many poles there are to the mile, and bywill findtaking the number of one of them youfrom which post office they are counting (thoughthat isperhaps a side issue) .with this guide to help you, to the gameThen you may go on,of Huntthe-Milestone,which is, I think, one of the bestin the repertory.Taking the number of the polenearest the milestone that you are at,you willknow, if your calculations have not led you astray,just where to find the next. You can even locateit afar offby following with your eye the dwindlingpoles that reach away into the distance infront. You can turn to your Partner and say :" Do you see that old spruce tree at the bend"of the road ?