Eighth: Put each middle finger from below between these straight strings, so that the lower string is on the far side of it and the upper string on the near side of it (Fig. 130); then bend the middle finger down toward you over the upper string and,
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holding it in the bend of the finger, draw it down and away from you through the thumb loop, and release the loops from the thumbs. Closing each middle finger down on the palm, hold the index strings high on the finger tips and separate the
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hands (Fig. 131). If the strings be permitted to slip around the index fingers the "coyotes" will run away from each other. When we analyze this figure we see that it has the first four movements of the "Third Owl," the Fifth of "Many Stars," and the Sixth, Seventh and Eighth of the "Two-horned Star."
