Pung-Chow
The Game of A Hundred Intelligences
The game which is rapidly replacing bridge and other card games, as well as other forms of indoor pastimes.
Pung Chow is an American product differing from the imported sets only in the following points:
It is more pleasing to the eye and the touch.
The beautiful Oriental colors are fast and cannot rub off, even though the pieces be scrubbed with soap and water.
The pieces will not become sticky from the moisture of the hand.
Pung Chow pieces are not affected by the climate and will never work loose.
Should one or more pieces be lost they may be easily and quickly replaced.
Pung Chow is an article of beauty and quality and is practically indestructible.
Manufactured by
PUNG CHOW CO., Inc.
30 Church Street, New York City
ERRATA
Page 24. The concealed One of Circle in illustration 15 should be a One of Bamboo.
Page 34. Two points should be scored for a pair of Dragons in Example 3.
Page 36. In Example 7 the three Dragons completed by a pung should be exposed at right with the other three sets.
Page 41. Two points should be scored for a pair of Dragons in Example 14.
Page 42. At top of page, "Drew to complete hand" should read "Punged to complete hand."
Page 44. In Example 18 the three Dragons completed by a pung should be exposed at right with the other three sets. In the same example "3 Dragons (concealed) ... 8" should read "3 Dragons (exposed) ... 4."
Page 46 and 47. East Wind scores 480 instead of 608; West Wind scores 272 instead of 400.
Page 47. All Character tiles in hand of West Wind should be Bamboo tiles.
Page 48. Lines 19 and 21 "Eight of Bamboo" should read "Eight of Character."
Page 49. West Wind scores 2562 instead of 2816.
Page 53. In North Wind hand the three Sevens of Circles should be exposed instead of in hand.
Page 54. Lines 1 and 2. Read "368" instead of "304," and "184" instead of "152."
Page 72. Example 3. "26" and "52" should read "16" and "32" respectively. Example 4. Player is East Wind instead of North Wind.
Transcriber's Notes
The Errata page above is transcribed from the original text. As it is not possible to correct some of these errors without also altering subsequent entries in the scoring examples, none of the errors have been corrected in this version of the book.
Punctuation and capitalization have been normalized, and the following obvious typographical errors in the original text have been corrected:
Page 13. "South Wind, and the the left of" changed to "South Wind, and the left of."
Page 15. "if 14 in the sum" changed to "if 14 is the sum."
Page 41. The phrase "Double 3 times for all suit (honor)" changed to "Double 3 times for all one suit (honor)"
Page 70. "If he discard the winning" changed to "if he discards the winning."
Page 72. "For bo sequences double once" changed to "For no sequences double once."
Additionally it is noted that:
Page 50. The phrase "22 points apiece from North" should likely read "22 points apiece from West."
Page 62. The phrase "Washing cards have preference over this wind" should possibly read either "Washing cards ... this hand" or "Washing cards ... this win."
Page 64. The phrase "this wind has preference" should possibly read either "this hand has preference," or "this win has preference."
Page 66. The phrase "the 2 and chowing the 3" should likely read "the 1 and 2 and chowing the 3."
Page 72. The phrase "Players collect 768 from" should likely read "Player collects 768 from."
Page 74. The phrase "Players collect 272 from" should likely read "Player collects 272 from."
There are a number of inconsistencies between the Chapter Headings and the Table of Contents. These have not been corrected.
In Part II, the numbering of illustrations is non-continuous: there is no Illustration No. 7 in the original.