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590 Sixth: Repeat the same movement on the thumb loops by putting the left middle finger from below into the left thumb loop, and then, with the tips of the left thumb and middle finger, drawing the right near thumb string (Fig. 66i) through

the loop which passes around the left thumb and middle finger, allowing this loop to slip off these fingers, but keeping the right thumb in its loop. Now insert the left thumb away from you into the loop you have been holding between the tips of the left thumb and middle finger, and draw the hands apart, still keeping the strings held to the palms (Fig. 662).

Seventh: Take all three fingers of the right hand out of the loop they are holding to the palm, and put them toward you into both the right index loop and right

thumb loop; remove the right thumb and index, and place the thumb on top of the upper strings of the loop (Fig. 663).

The "little boys" are made to run by pulling on the upper right hand strings.

This is a curious and not very interesting figure although some of the movements are novel. The result produced by the First movement is the same as that produced by the opening movement of the Eskimo "Mouth." If the "boys" appear too near the left hand they must be pushed to the right so that their "flight" to the left may be a little longer.