Australian String Figures. 1«33 



This represents two men meeting and then going away again, and 

 closely resembles one collected by Mrs. Jayneifroni a Kopek Eskimo, 

 and called "A Mouth." 



18. (Plate XXIII.)— Two Men UP A Tree=/1 ma. (Cape York). 



Opening A. 



Pass the radial thumb string distal to the other strings and place 

 over the toe. 



Bend the thumbs down proximal to all the strings and outside 

 their respective toe strings ; pick up these strings on their back, and 

 return through the thumb loops. 



Release the toe, and place each little finger loop on it. Release 

 the index fingers and extend. 



This represents two men up a tree. 



19. (Plate XXTII.)— The Flying FoxEH = Unke. (Cape York). 



Opening A. 



Take the left radial index string in the mouth and release both 

 indices,! 



Pass the index fingers distally into the little finger loops, and pick 

 up the radial string towards you, then pass them into the thumb 

 loops distally and pick up the ulnar string away from you, letting 

 the other string slip off. 



Bend the thumbs away from you, catching down the oblique 

 string of the index finger triangles and allowing their 'original 

 strings to slip off. Release little fingers. 



Release mouth, and the two flying foxes fly apart. 



This figure is the same as the " Leashing of Lochiel's Dogs," 

 from Scotland, 1 and appears to be almost universal, as it has been 

 described from West and East Africa, from the Cherokee Indians 

 and Eskimo, and figured by Roth (loc. cit.) as " Four-pronged 

 Spear," Cape Bedford, s?/7i. " Speared Kangaroo," Princess Char- 

 lotte Bay. 



20. (Plate XXIII.)— Two Kangaroos = ^joo. (Cape York). 



Opening A. 



Place the left index loop on the big toe (passing it distal to the 

 little finger loop), and release both index fingers. 



1 " string: Figures." Pub. Chas. Scribner & Sons, New York, 1906, p. 282. 

 1 Haddon. "Cats' Cradles from Man^- Lands," p. 73. 



