Bodleian Libraries, Wallis's new geographical game exhibiting a tour through England and Wales (title on slipcase)

Game of 1795 entitled Wallis's new geographical game exhibiting a tour through England and Wales; Two or three persons may amuse themselves with this agreeable pastime, and if a double set of counters and pyramids are purchased, six may play at it. The totum must be marked 1 to 8 on its several faces, with pen and ink. The pyramids are supposed to be the travellers, who make the tour; each pyramid having 4 counters of the same color belonging to it, which are called markers or servants; when you find these are complete you may begin the game agreeably to the following rules. 1. Each player must hold a pyramid or traveller, and 4 counters of the same color. 2. In order to know who begins the game, each player must spin the totum, and the highest number takes the lead, then the next highest, &c. 3. The first player then spins, and if he turn up no. 4, he is to place his pyramid on Dover, and stay there till it is his turn to spin again. 4. If in the second spinning he turn up no. 3, he is to add that to 4, his former number, and place his pyramid on no. 7 (Lewes); and in this manner the game must be continued till the traveller reaches no. 117, which is London, when he wins the game. 5. If the last spin does not exactly make the no. 117, but goes beyond it, he must then go back as many numbers as he exceeds it, and try his fortune again, 'till one of the players spin the lucky number. 6. When a player is obliged to wait one or more turns, he must deposit as many counters as he is directed to wait turns (which never exceeds 4); and when it is his turn to spin again, instead of spinning, he must take up a counter; and so on till they are all taken up". All 117 towns are described. The first 25 descriptions are transcribed above. Folded on linen in marbled slip case with hand-coloured label; Wallis's tour through England and Wales, a new geographical pastime (title on map); Rochester - a city of great antiquity, situate on the river Medway, over which is a bridge. It is the see of a bishop; Canterbury - a city famous for being the metropolitan see of all England, as well as for its great antiquity and beautiful cathedral; Margate - a place of great resort from London for sea-bathing; Dover - the principal of the Cinque Ports. Here is a famous castle, and from it the opposite coast of France can be distinctly seen; Tunbridge - famous for its elegant turnery ware, and for its chalybeate waters; Guildford - properly the county town of Surrey, on the river Wye, which is navigable from thence to the Thames; Lewes - a well-built, populous town, near which King Henry III was defeated and taken prisoner, 1263; Brightelmstone - the most fashionable resort for sea-bathing. Here Charles II. embarked for France, 1651, after the battle of Worcester; Chichester - a city and bishoprick. Needles are here manufactured; and its haven produces fine lobsters; Portsmouth - the traveller may stay one turn here to view one of the most secure and capacious harbours for shipping in England; also its noble docks, yards, and magazine of naval stores; Newport - in the Isle of Wight. Here Charles I. was imprisoned in Carisbrooke Castle; Pool - a considerable sea-port, which employs a number of ships in the Newfoundland fishery; Southampton - a town of much resort for sea-bathing. To enjoy this pleasure the traveller must stay one turn; Winchester - a very ancient city and bishop's see. Charles II. began a magnificent palace here, but did not live to finish it; Salisbury - a city and bishop's see. Stay one turn here to see its beautiful cathedral, and take notice of a stream of water flowing through every street; Shaftesbury - a borough town, which was formerly a place of consequence; Dorchester - the county town, famous for its strong beer, and for its superb county gaol; Weymouth - an elegant watering-place, resorted to for the purpose of sea-bathing; Exeter - the capital of Devonshire - and is a bishop's see: it contains fifteen parish churches, besides its fine cathedral; Torbay - here the traveller must stay one turn to view the grand scenery; Eddystone - a rock in the English Channel, on which is a light-house for the direction of ships going in or out of the Channel; Plymouth - sea-port, celebrated for its royal dock-yard, which is the finest in the kingdom. The traveller must stay one turn to see the beautiful seat of Lord Mount-Edgecombe; Falmouth - here the packets to Spain, Portugal, and America are stationed; Land's End - this being the extremity of the West of England, the traveller must stay here one turn to refresh himself; Launceston - the county town of Cornwall; Barnstaple - a sea-port of Devon, on the river Taw. Here many vessels are employed in the Welch coal-trade; Image 2