finger string (Fig. 76); holding these index strings high, release very gently the loop from the left thumb, and the snake will be seen winding about the two parallel strings of the figure (Fig. 77).

FIG. 76.

To make the snake swim to the right, draw the strings slowly to the left, allowing them to slip through the fingers of the right hand.

This figure is interesting because the Second and Third movements are unlike

FIG. 77.

anything we find in other figures, and also because the majority of the movements are done on the left hand only, instead of being done simultaneously on both hands. Of course the final figure must be unsymmetrical.

A KING FISH (Also a Catch)

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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. 151, Fig. 7).

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

FIG. 78.

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

FIG. 79.

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

held in the bend of the left index by which the strings can now be pulled tight (Fig. 80).

Fourth: Arrange the loop held by the left index on the left hand in the First Position across the palm and behind the thumb and little finger.

Fifth Bring the palms together, point the left index downward, and put it,

FIG. 80.

from above, behind the string crossing the right palm; with the left index still pointing downward pull the string away from the palm (Fig. 81), and, while turning the left index first toward you and then upward (Fig. 82), separate the hands. This movement puts a twisted loop on the left index.

Sixth Bend the right index down into the right thumb loop (Fig. 83), and

then, turning the palm away from you, put the right index, carrying the right far thumb string, down into the little finger loop (Fig. 84) and pick up with its tip the right near little finger string (Fig. 85). As you return the index to its original

WARIA, A MAMOOSE, OR CHIEF, OF MABUIAG, TORRES STRAITS. An intelligent and literary Papuan. See Haddon's Head Hunters: Black, White and Brown.