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Eleventh: Transfer each thumb loop to the index, by putting the index into it from below, removing the thumb, and returning the index to its former position (Fig. 200).

Twelth: Holding carefully the loops on the index and little fingers, with the back of the thumbs pick up, within the small central triangle of the figure, the crossed

strings which run from the little finger of one hand to the vertical string passing on the other hand from the little finger to the index (Fig. 202). Be careful to pick up these strings within the small triangle just where they cross, and in doing so keep the backs of the thumbs close together. The hands are then separated and put in their usual positions (Fig. 203).

Thirteenth: Pass each thumb away from you into the index loop from below, and with the back of the thumb draw the near index string toward you (Fig. 204,

Left hand), and completely through the two loops already on the thumb; then let these two loops slip entirely off the thumb (Fig. 204, Right hand).

Fourteenth: Release the loops from the index fingers and draw the hands apart.

Fifteenth: Transfer each thumb loop to the index finger, by inserting the index into it from below, between the thumb and the small ring which passes around the thumb loop, withdrawing the thumb, and returning the index to its former position.

Extend the figure between the tips of the index fingers and the little fingers closed down on the plams (Fig. 205.) The two central lozenges represent the crab's body, the lines radiating therefrom are the legs, and the "pincers"are the small rings passing around the index loops.