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320 Fourth: A second person now holds lightly a small piece of stick (a match for example) down into the centre of the figure (Fig. 732); if you now quickly let go

the loops held by the index fingers, which represent the "boys," the stick, or "arrow," may be caught or snapped away.

This figure is interesting because of the opening movement, a modification of Opening A, which does not occur in any of the other figures.

FLINT AND STEEL

In the Caroline Islands this figure is called Nifi = Flint and Steel. Dr. Furness obtained it from a Uap boy named "Gumaun."

First: First Position, with the loop doubled and used throughout as a double string.

Second: Put the right thumb, from above, behind the strings on the left palm (Fig. 733), and separate the hands, turning the right thumb toward you, and upright (Fig. 734).

Third: Pass the left thumb away from you, and pick up from below on its back the near little finger strings, and return the thumb to its position (Fig. 735).

Fourth: Bend each index down, and pick up from below the far thumb strings (not the palmar strings), and hold them up on the back of the last joint of the index (Fig. 736).