hand in turn, up over the loop passing around both thumb and index, and, slipping it entirely off the thumb, let it drop on the palmar side (Fig. 708).
Fifth: Pass each thumb away from you over the far thumb string and both strings of the index loop, and take up from below, on the back of the thumb, the
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near middle finger string and return the thumb to its position (Fig. 709). With the teeth draw the lower thumb loop, of each hand in turn, up over the loop just taken on the thumb, and, slipping it off the thumb, drop it on the palmar side (Fig. 710).
Sixth: Pass each thumb away from you over the thumb, index and middle finger loops, and take up from below on the back of the thumb the near ring finger
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string, and return the thumb to its position (Fig. 711). With the teeth draw the lower thumb loop, of each hand in turn, up over the upper thumb loop (the loop you have just taken on the thumb), and, slipping it off the thumb, drop it on the palmar side (Fig. 712).
