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242 Ninth: Put each thumb away from you and up on the far side of the lower diagonal, and then on the near side of the straight string corresponding to the upper diagonal (Fig. 546); bend the thumb away from you over this upper string, and pull it toward you in the bend of the thumb under the lower diagonal. Release the string held down by the ring and little fingers, and put these fingers toward you

through the loop held by the thumb, and withdraw the thumb, closing the fingers down on the palm.

Tenth: Pass each middle finger upward on the near side of the two strings corresponding to the diagonals, and on the far side of the upper string of the figure, and, bending the finger toward you, pull this upper string down through the loop held down to the palm by the ring and little fingers; then slip the ring and little fingers out of their loop, and put them toward you into the loop held by the middle

finger, and close all three fingers on the palm, at the same time releasing the top loop from each index.

Eleventh: With the right index pick up from the far side the right upper far index string; and with the left index pick up on the far side the left lower far index