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226 out between the middle finger and ring finger, and the far one passes around all the fingers closed on the palm (Fig. 510).

Fourth: Hold the index fingers back to back with their tips pointing toward you and push toward you with each thumb (out to the tip of the index) the string which,

crossing the index and middle fingers, passes between the middle and ring fingers (Fig. 511). Hold all the strings on the index fingers by pressing down the thumbs.

Withdraw each middle finger, away from you, entirely out of the hanging loops, and insert it again, toward you, between the other hanging strings and the hanging part of the string held toward you on the tip of the index (Fig. 512). Draw each of these latter strings away from you through the hanging loops by straightening

the middle finger (Fig. 5x3). Then pass each thumb away from you, above the ring finger and under the string which is still held to the palm by the ring and little fingers (Fig. 514). The strings are thus released from the index fingers. Release the string held down by each ring and little finger; separate the hands, with