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70 you, put the lower near thumb string around the tip of each index (Fig. 144). Release the loops from the thumbs and draw the hands apart.

Fourth: Pass each thumb away from you over the near index string and under all the other strings, and, drawing the thumb toward you, catch on its back the far

little finger string (Fig. 145, Left hand) and return the thumb to its position (Fig. 145, Right hand). Release the loops from the little fingers.

Fifth: Put the middle, ring and little fingers of each hand from below (toward you) into the thumb loop (Fig. x46), and pull this loop down by closing these fingers on the palm; withdraw the thumbs. Transfer each upper index loop to the thumb

by putting the thumb into it from below, withdrawing the index and returning the thumb to its position.

Sixth: Keeping each middle finger still in the loop it is helping to hold to the palm, pass it toward you over the far thumb string (Fig. 147), and draw this string through the loop held to the palm (Fig. 148). Now take the ring and little fingers