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|Game Family=Baseball
|Game Family=Baseball
|Location=Egypt
|Location=Egypt
|Game Tags=1800s, Rest of World
|Game Regions=Rest of World
|Description=<p>Lowth (1855) describes Jellal, encountered among the people of Upper Eqypt, as resembling &ldquo;in some of its parts our old game of Rounders&rdquo; as he knew it in England. There was hitting and &ldquo;getting home,&rdquo; but a difference that he noted was that one boy hit the ball and another ran.</p>
|Game Eras=1800s,Predecessor
|Sources=<p><span>G. T. Lowth,&nbsp;</span><em>The Wanderer in&nbsp;Arabia; or, Western Footsteps in Eastern Tracks</em><span>&nbsp;(Hurst and Blackett, London, 1855), pages 108-110.</span></p>
|Description=<p>Lowth (1855) describes Jellal, encountered among the people of Upper Eqypt, as resembling “in some of its parts our old game of Rounders” as he knew it in England. There was hitting and “getting home,but a difference that he noted was that one boy hit the ball and another ran.</p>
|Sources=<p><span>G. T. Lowth, </span><em>The Wanderer in Arabia; or, Western Footsteps in Eastern Tracks</em><span> (Hurst and Blackett, London, 1855), pages 108-110.</span></p>
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Game Jellal
Game Family Baseball Baseball
Location Egypt
Regions Rest of World
Eras 1800s, Predecessor
Description

Lowth (1855) describes Jellal, encountered among the people of Upper Eqypt, as resembling “in some of its parts our old game of Rounders” as he knew it in England. There was hitting and “getting home,” but a difference that he noted was that one boy hit the ball and another ran.

Sources

G. T. Lowth, The Wanderer in Arabia; or, Western Footsteps in Eastern Tracks (Hurst and Blackett, London, 1855), pages 108-110.

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