There are two games which are dear to the heart of tbe Celestial. Odo ib fantan, that which the Chinamen were playing last night when arrested. At it wo do not think very large sums are loßt or won. It gives the same excitement to the Celestial mind as whist or euchre for sixpence a corner doeß to the European. It is not played with cards, but with a board and Chinese " cash," on tbe counters are called. The gambling board is eectionised like that used by apielors on a racecourse but it has no revolving spindle. The players stake on what part of the board they please. Then luok is determined m this way. On the board is thrown a handful of " cash," which resembles a hosp of brass buttons. No one is sup posed to know tho number m the heap. They are then counted, four at a time, until the operation is finished. The success or non-success of investors is determined by the number of cash which remain when the heap has been taken away m fours. At last either one, two.Jthree, or four pieces remain. As tho heap decreases the excitement of those around the table becomes intense. The other guine is called pakapoo. It is also prohibited by the Gaming and Lotteries Act, a clause for that purpoje having been introduced m con sequence of an account of a vi«it to a Chinese gambling den published some years ago m a Dunedin paper. Thie game is altogether different from fan-tan. The Chinamen assiduously sell a number of tickets having about sixty Chinese characters imprinted on them. Theße used to be sold for a shilling each. Of course, an investor could buy as many as he plea3ed. They were issued on bebalf of a bank. The holder of each ticket defaced eight of tho characters on Ub ticket. He knew that the banker who held a counter part of all the tickets issued would eventually deface eight characters also. The success of the investor depends upon the coincidence of the marks he has defaced with those defaced by the banker. If he succeeds m defacing only one or two of the same marks as the banker he would get nothing. 