Third: Pass each index toward you over the upper far thumb string, and then, pulling that string away from you, put the index down on the far side of the lower far thumb string (the far string which passes directly from thumb to thumb), and pick up from below, on the back of the finger, this lower far thumb string.

FIG. 523.

FIG. 524.

FIG. 525.

and return the index to its position; thereby drawing the string through the upper thumb loop (Fig. 523).

Fourth Put the middle and ring fingers of each hand from below through the thumb loop, and catch between them the upper near thumb string (which passes directly from thumb to thumb) (Fig. 523), and pull it down through the loop with the middle finger, and hold it down by closing the finger on the palm, at the same time releasing the loops from the thumbs and drawing the strings tight (Fig. 525). The figure is extended between the ends of the index fingers and the middle fingers closed on the palms. The head of the "Lizard" is at the right end of the figure.

If you do not keep the head of the "Lizard" small by following carefully the First movement you will find that the finished figure differs from the preceding "Twin Stars" figure, only by having the central cross strings looped around each other.

LITTLE FISHES

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Dr. Haddon taught me this figure in August, 1904. He obtained it in Murray Island, Torres Straits, where it is called Tup a small Fish (Rivers and Haddon, p. 152).

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First: Insert the index fingers into the loop of string so that you have a short piece passing from hand to hand as a far index string and a long loop, the near index string, hanging down between each thumb and index (Fig. 526).

FIG. 526.

Hold the short far index string on each side between the tips of the thumb and index, and form in it a small upright ring by carrying the part of the string held by the left hand toward you, and to the right, over the right hand string. Put the index fingers away from you into this ring (Fig. 527) and separate the hands.

FIG. 527.

You now have two loops on each index, whereof the two far strings cross each other, but the two near strings run straight from index to index (Fig. 528).

Second: Bend each thumb away from you over the lower near index string, and pick up on the back of the thumb the lower far index string, then straighten each thumb, bend it over the upper near index string, and pick up on the back of

FIG. 528.

the thumb the upper far index string (Fig. 529), and return the thumb to its original position.

Third: Turning the palms toward you, bend each little finger toward you over the upper near index string, and take up from below the lower near index string (Fig. 530, Left hand), and return the little finger to its former position (Fig. 530, Right hand).