4.—Each player, after shuffling, must place the cards, properly collected and face downwards, to the left of the player about to deal.

5.—The dealer has always the right to shuffle last; but should a card or cards be seen during his shuffling or any other time, he must re-shuffle.

6.—Each player deals in his turn; the right of dealing goes to the left.

7.—The player on the dealer's right cuts the pack, and in dividing it must not leave fewer than four cards in either packet; if, in cutting, a single card be exposed, or if there be any confusion of the cards, there must be a fresh cut.

8.—When a player whose duty it is to cut has once separated the pack, he must neither re-shuffle nor re-cut the cards.

9.—After the pack is cut, should the dealer shuffle the cards he loses his deal.

10.—If any card, except the last, be faced in the pack, or if the pack prove to be imperfect, there must be a new deal.

11.—A misdeal loses the deal.

12.—The trump card must be left on the table until the first trick has been won.

13:—A revoker must give three tricks to his opponent.