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312 Seventh: Pass each thumb away from you over the thumb, index, middle finger and ring finger loops, and take up from below, on the back of the thumb, the near little finger string and return the thumb to its position (Fig. 713). With the teeth draw the lower thumb loop, of each hand in turn, up over the upper

thumb loop (the loop you have just taken on the thumb), and slipping it off the thumb drop it on the palmar side (Fig. 714).

Eighth: Pass each thumb away from you over all the strings except the far little finger string, and pick up on the back of the thumb this far little finger string and return the thumb to its position (Fig. 7]r5). With the teeth draw the lower

thumb loop, of each hand in turn, up over the upper thumb loop (the loop you have just taken on the thumb), and slipping it off the thumb drop it on the palmar side (Fig. 716).

Ninth: Transfer the thumb loops to the little fingers, by bending each little finger toward you and putting it from above down into the thumb loop; and then,