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Rh Sixth: Release the strings held by the mouth and separate the hands (Fig. 272).

Seventh: Take up with the mouth the middle of the two strings passing between the knots in the figure, and turn the hands with their palms up and the fingers

directed away from you; in this way a hogan, or tent, is formed on each hand by the wrist and little finger loops (Fig. 273).

"Two Hogans" is interesting because the loops are held by the teeth almost throughout the entire figure. It is not unusual for one or more loops to be taken up by the teeth, but, as a rule, it is done merely through one or two movements, in order

to bring the strings into a position from which they can be conveniently taken up by the fingers. The figure produced by the Sixth movement is similar to the finished figure of the "Leashing of Lochiel's Dogs"; the loops, however, being held on the wrists and little fingers instead of on the middle fingers and little fingers.