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card game; three cards dealt; trumps determined by turning up first card Daftar dealing. ae extra hand,| ree; pany oeindy; group of islands which belong to the] empire of Japan, and extend S.W. from] the istand of Kiushiu, towards Formosa their area being about 1870 sq.m. The} chief islands of the group are Oshima, Oniwaka, the last one being the most| important, and having Shuri, the capital, situated on it, with Nafa as 3 its port. Some of the islands are of volcanic form a-| tion, while others are coral l islands. They have a pleasar’ warm climate, but are subject te “yphoons. The soil of the islands Gath is fertile,? and produces i large quantities of sugar as well as swe potatoes—the chief food of the inhabitants—rice, sago, tea, tobacco, fruit, and oranges with an aromatic flavor,:. ‘ also had connections with Japan. In 1609 jt was subject to Satsuma, but in 1874 the claims of China were given up, ‘ or paul elegy care became