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loop between the thumb and index of each hand so that a short piece of string passes from hand to hand and a long loop hangs down. In the short piece make a small hanging ring, by bringing the hands together and putting the part of the string held by the right hand away from you over the part of the string held by the left hand; then give this ring one twist, by turning it around away from you from right to left. Put each index finger toward you and downward into the ring, and put the other three fingers toward you into the long hanging loop. Now, pressing

your right thumb down on the two right hand strings passing over the right index, to keep them from slipping (Fig. 520), separate the hands.

Put each thumb away from you into the loop held by the middle, ring and little fingers; withdraw these fingers; turn each index away from you and up,

and turn each thumb up and toward you under the index loop, and place the hands in the usual position (Fig. 521).

You now have a loop on each index and a loop on each thumb; and a loop is formed near the right hand by the left far index string and the left near thumb string passing around the string which runs from the far side of the right index to the near side of the right thumb.

Second: Transfer the index loop.s to the thumbs, by passing each thumb from below into the index loop and withdrawing the index (Fig.