124 KaUdeen Haddon-. 



This position differs from the opening position of the English 

 cat's cradle, in which the string is Avound round the hand so that 

 one string lies across the palm and two across the back of the hand, 

 with a single radial index string and a single ulnar little finger 

 string. 



Optning A. — This name may be applied to the manipulation 

 which forms the most frequent starting point of the various figures. 

 Place strings on hands in Position 1. With the back of the index of 

 the right hand, take up from the proximal side (or from below) the 

 left palmar string and return. There will now be a loop on the 

 right index, formed by strings passing from the radial side of the 

 little finger and the ulnar side of thumb of the left hand, i.e., the 

 radial little finger strings and the ulnar thumb strings respectively. 



With the back of the index of the left hand, take up from the 

 proximal side (or from below) the right palmar string and return, 

 keeping the index within the righ index loop all the time, so that 

 the strings now joining the loop on the left index lie within thei 

 right index loop. 



The figui'e now consists of six loops, on the thumb, index, and 

 little finger of each hand. The radial little finger string of each 

 hand crosses in the centre of the figure to form the ulnar index 

 string of the other hand, and similarly the ulnar thumb string of 

 one hand crosses and becomes the radial index of the other hand. 



The places where the strings cross in the centre of the figure may 

 be termed the crosses of Opening A . 



To " Navaho." — When there are two loops on a digit, a distal 

 one and a proximal one, to JVamho is to lift tlie proximal loop over 

 the distal one and over the tip of the digit on to its palmar aspect. 



" Pindiki " is a native name for the final extension of many of 

 the figures. It consists of passing the index fingers proximal to the 

 ulnar thumb string, and bringing them np through the thumb loop 



