ball up, and when his turn comes, plays from the
starting-place, as at first.

16. A ball has fairly passed through an arch
when it passes within and beyond it to any extent,
or when, if the handle of the mallet is laid across
the two sides of the arch whence the ball came, the
ball does not touch the handle.

17. Hitting the turning-stake is equivalent in
its privileges to the passing of an arch

18. When the ball of a player hits the starting
stake, after he has been through all the arches,
whether by his own play or by being roqueted or
croqueted, he is out of the game, and it proceeds
withcut him.

19. A ball is a rover when it has gone through
all the arches, and has not hit the starting-stake.

20. A rover has liberty to croquet consecutively
all.the balls during any one of his turns, but can
not croquet the same ball twice in a single turn.

21. If a person play out of his turn, and the
error be discovered before his turn is completed, the
ball must be replaced where it stood before, as well
as any balls it may have removed. If, however, the
turn is completed, the player loses his next turn
altogether. The error, however, must be discovered
before the commencement of the next turn, or else
no penalty is attached.

22. A ball is roqueted when it is struck by an-
other, whether the ball striking it proceeds from a
stroke of a mallet or is rebounded from an arch,
atake, or ball which it has previously struck.

23. When a player roquets two or more balls
by one stroke of the mallet, he is said to richochet
and may croquet one or all, at his option.

24. As soon as a player has gone through the
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