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99 A TRIGGER FISH Dr. Haddon has kindly given me this unpublished figure which he collected in Torres Straits. The native name is Nageg.

First, Second and Third: The same as the first three movements of "The Well."

Fourth: Release the loop from the right thumb and let it hang down in front of the figure. Put the right thumb away from you, under the middle of the upper

string of the figure (Fig. 206), into the upper middle triangle and with the ball of the thumb draw toward the right palm the string forming the right side of the triangle and also the far string of the former right thumb loop (Fig. 207); then

pick up from the right side on the back of the thumb the right lower near index string (which runs obliquely down to the lower strings of the figure) (Fig. 208) and return the thumb to its position (Fig. 209).