Excerpt from The Flag of Distress, Vol. 2 of 3: A Story of the South Sea In the El Dorado there are other modes to get rid of money, or make it, if chance so decides - a rare eventuality, save in the case of the profes sional gamblers themselves. In one corner of the saloon may be seen a roulette table; in another, a backgammon board, with dioe-boxes and cubes appertaining - not used for the simple, innocent game which the light leathern case with its chequered cover represents, but in the dead naked throwing of dice - doubloons, or dollars, changing hands at every throw. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.