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Mr. W. W. Rouse Ball 



[March 12, 



This figure, save for a slight variation in construction, is identical 

 with one collected by Mr. R. H. Compton,* in New Caledonia ; it is 

 also known in Lifu. The finished figure is the same as " One Chief " 

 described by Mr. Jayne,f from the Caroline Islands, and as " The 

 Giant Crane " from the Lower Tully River, X. Queensland, figured 

 by Roth.t 



12. The Scrub Hex = Etanga. (Cape York, X. Queensland.) 



Position I. on left hand. 



Pass the right hand between the two pendant strings, and separate 



the thumb and the little finger widely, thus picking up on them 



the left thumb and little-finger strings respectively, and draw 



out. 

 Release the left hand and repeat this movement with it. 

 Pass the thumbs proximal to the radial little-finger string and pick 



it up. 

 Pass the little fingers proximal to the ulnar-thumb string and pick 



it up. 

 Do Opening A with single-palmar strings. 

 Pass the radial-thumb string distal to the rest, and place it over the 



toe. Slip thumbs out of this string. 

 Release little fingers, transfer the index loops to the thumbs, and 



place this double loop over the hands in Position I. 



Move hands towards and away from you to imitate the bird 

 scraping together its mound. 



Fig. 20.— The Scrub Hex. 



* Loc. cit., No. XVIII. 



t " String Figures," Pub. Chas. Scribner's Sons, New York, 1906, p. 253. 



% Loc. cit., plate v. 5. 



