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STRING FIGURES
Fifth: Pick up the palmar strings with the index fingers as in Opening A (Fig. 283).
Sixth: With the thumb and index of the right hand pick up the string on the back of the left hand, lift it over the tips of the left fingers, and let it drop on the
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palmar side. With the thumb and index of the left hand pick up the string on the back of the right hand, lift it over the tips of the right fingers, and let it drop on the palmar side.
Seventh: Draw the hands apart and the central circle will appear (Fig. 284).
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This is not an interesting figure, and appears more like a figure in process of development than one worked out to the end. The Second movement is the direct way of putting the loop on the backs of the four fingers.
