The implements include counters of various colours and values, a dealing-box, a case or frame manipulated by a 'case-keeper,' upon which the cards already played are arranged in sight, a shuffling-board, and score-sheets for the players. The exposed card on top is called soda, and the last card left in the box is in hoc. The dealer places the pack, after shuffling and cutting, in a dealing-box face upwards, and the cards are taken from the top of the box in couples through a slit in the side. Originally the pack was held in the dealer's left hand, but nowadays very elaborate and expensive implements are used. FARO (from Pharaoh, a picture of the Egyptian king appearing on a card of the old French pack), a game of cards, played with a full pack.
