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STRING FIGURES

index, and withdraw the thumb. Some working of the strings is usually required to make the "Rabbit" appear (Fig. 173).

This is an interesting figure because the majority of the movements are unusual, and are met with again only in the following figure.

THE SUN

Mr. Cox secured "The Sun" also from the Klamath Indian.

First and Second: The same as the First and Second movements of the "Rabbit."

Third: Pass each thumb from below up between the lower index loop and the

little finger loop and draw toward you, on the back of the thumb, both strings of the lower index loop (Fig. 174, Right hand).

Fourth: The same as the Fourth movement of the "Rabbit" (Figs. 174, Left hand; 175, 176)

Fifth: Release the loops from the little fingers.