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           Inasingleten-days’boutinthejacketIhavegonebackandback,fromlifetolife,andoftenskippingwholeseriesoflivesthatatothertimesIhavecovered,backtoprehistorictime,andbackofthattodayserecivilizationbegan.

           SoIresolved,onmynextreturnfromAdamStrang’sexperiences,wheneveritmightbe,thatIshould,immediately,Ionresumingconsciousness,concentrateuponwhatvisionsandmemories.Ihadbroughtbackofchessplaying.Asluckwouldhaveit,IhadtoendureOppenheimer’schaffingforafullmonthereithappened.Andthen,nosooneroutofjacketandcirculationrestored,thanIstartedknuckle-rappingtheinformation.

           Further,ItaughtOppenheimerthechessAdamStranghadplayedinCho-Sencenturiesagone.ItwasdifferentfromWesternchess,andyetcouldnotbutbefundamentallythesame,tracingbacktoacommonorigin,probablyIndia.Inplaceofoursixty-foursquaresthereareeighty-onesquares.Wehaveeightpawnsonaside;theyhavenine;andthoughlimitedsimilarly,theprincipleofmovingisdifferent.

           Also,intheCho-Sengame,therearetwentypiecesandpawnsagainstoursixteen,andtheyarearrayedinthreerowsinsteadoftwo.Thus,theninepawnsareinthefrontrow;inthemiddlerowaretwopiecesresemblingourcastles;andinthebackrow,midway,standstheking,flankedinorderoneithersideby“goldmoney,”“silvermoney,”“knight,”and“spear.