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Rh A KING FISH (Also a Catch)

This is another of the games obtained by Dr. Haddon in Torres Straits. In Murray Island it is known as Geigi=King Fish, and in Mabuiag as Dangal=the Dugong, or Sea-cow (Rivers and Haddon, p. 5 , Fig. 7).

First: Opening A. (The left palmar string must be taken up first.)

Second: Release the loop from the right index. Separate the hands and draw the strings tight (Fig. 78).

Third: Bend the left index down between the two index strings and hold firmly in the bend of the finger, the string which passes across the left palm and over the

index strings (Fig. 79). Turn the left hand with the palm down and the fingers pointing to the right, and let all the strings slip off the left hand except the loop