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Each player must be provided with a square piece of card, with the initial of their name, to mark his or her position on the road.\nRULE II.  Each player will place their mark on the Introduction.\nRULE III.  To commence the play, let one of the company spin the tee-to-tum, and  should be Spin No. 1,  he moves from Introduction to No. 1 Heat, but on the other hand, should his number exceed that, he cannot move.  Now let the next player spin, and if it be No. 1, he arrives at Heat. It will be now necessary that in his next turn  he should spin two; that added to the one brings him to No. 3.  If he turn three the next time, he arrives at No. 6; but should he at any time spin either above or below the number required to gain the next place, he cannot move, as, in this game, he must get a sufficient number so as to visit each place on the road as, i f he arrived at the bottom of the sea by spinning one he immediately arrives at the Temple of Knowledge and wins the Game.\nNB.  Should the Game be found too long, it may be shortened by observing the following:  SUPPLEMENTARY RULE\nWhen a player spins, and the number is above that required to reach the next place on the road he may remove to the next number, but if below, he must remain in his present position, as directed in Rule III.\n\nThe booklet would have details of each stage on the road  which the players would need to read out.  Also each stage would give the directions for the next play, rewards or forfeits.  It is probable that the game was played with similar rules to those of The Overland Route to India.\n\nThe following stages are numbered and named in a plain oval with black lettering on white:-\n1,2  HEAT\n4,5 LIGHTNING\n7,8 & 10 THUNDER\n12,13 FIRE\n15 CARBON\n16 HYDROGEN\n17. OXYGEN\n18. 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(upper left, upper right, lower right, lower left)\nINTRODUCTION, man in gown representing a teacher with a boy in blue suit and a girl in pink dress.\nBoth have black hair and the girl's hair is in ringlets.\nDr. FRANKLIN'S EXPERIMENT IN ELECTRICITY, showing a man in 18th century dress, flying a kite; in the background in a house and water.\nA LABORATORY, man in black with black apron standing before a fire with bottles, tubs and other pieces of equipment\nFURGUSON  STUDYING THE STARS, man in Scottish costume lying in a field with dog and sheep\n\nIllustrations are not named, only numbered.\n3.  boy and girl with man in garden, picket fence and the sun rising\n6.  being struck by lightning, one man falling, three men and a horse on the ground\n9.  shepherd with dog and sheep fleeing as lightning strikes the ground\n11.  man pointing to a tree which has been struck by lightning\n14.  crowd watching a hot air balloon\n19. man showing children a thermometer or barometer\n23.  woman in kitchen using bellows at the fire, with black cat \n27.  man in top hat kneeling before a bright yellow ball, ie the sun\n30.  kettle boiling on top of a range with fire\n33.  boat with full sails\n37. man with dog walking through snow\n42.  man leading horse and cart while holding a burning torch, possibly representing fog\n47.  Arctic with sailing boat and polar bear with fish in mouth\n50,51. man kneeling before a fire\n54.  sailor with dog, drowning, while ship sinks on the background\n56.  children with man showing them a telescope\n59,60. icebergs\n65.  rainbow over water with boat in foreground\n67.  diagram showing the colours of a rainbow\n70.  waterspout with ships in the background\n72.  ships floundering following the waterspout\n74.  two men with three dials on the wall behind (electrical dials)\n76.  diving bell and diver on board ship\n77.  bottom of the sea\n78.  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