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204 loop held by the left hand on the right foot. The feet must be pressed down firmly to keep the loops secure. A now brings together the pair of inner strings which pass at right angles under the other pair of inner strings, and with both hands lifts them up to form the ridge-pole of the house (Fig. 463).

The corner loops held by the feet represent the piles on which the house is built.

This is a pretty figure and the only one—except "Ten Times," in the formation of which two people take equal shares.

I have put it in this place in the series because it is the last of the figures which begin with Opening A.

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This figure was obtained by Mr. John L. Cox, at Hampton, Virginia, from Wallace Springer, an Omaha Indian.

First: First Position.

Second: Bend each index down and pick up from below, and from the palmar side, the palmar string of the same hand (Fig. 464). Return the index to its position, withdraw the thumbs from the loop and draw the strings tight (Fig. 465).