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Rh Third: Turn the palms away from you, and insert each thumb away from you into the little finger loop, then, turning the palms toward you, draw toward the palm with the bent thumb the diagonal string which runs upward from the little finger and serves to separate the two triangles near the hand. Now, still

holding the string on the thumb, insert the thumb away from you behind the two strings running from the little finger to the far side of the index (Fig. i91, Right hand), and draw these strings toward you with the back of the thumb, withdrawing the little finger (Fig. 191, Left hand).

Fourth: Turn the palms toward you, and insert each little finger toward you into the two thumb loops, and remove the thumb (Fig. 192 ).

Fifth: Hold the loops well down with each little finger; pick up from below with the back of each thumb the near index string which runs directly from index

to index and draw it toward you; remove each index from its loops (Fig. 193 ).

Sixth: Insert each index toward you into the loop held by the thumb, and with the back of the index pick up the near thumb string; return the index to its position and remove the thumb.

Seventh: Keep the index loop well up on the tip of the finger; pass each thumb away from you, and pick up on the back of the thumb, and draw toward you (Fig. 194 ) the horizontal string which holds the side lozenge of the central figure to the vertical string running from the little finger to the near side of the index.

Eighth: Bend each middle finger toward you

down over all the strings, and hold them down tightly while you exchange the loops on the thumbs, putting the right thumb loop from the right thumb entirely on the left thumb and the left thumb loop from the left thumb entirely on the right thumb (Fig. i95); being careful not to twist the loops or let the loops slip off the