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^ Release the thunil)s and pass them away from you into the triangle 

 adjacent to the index finger loops, picking up on their backs the 

 straight radial index string. Release the index fingers. 



This figure is the same when finished as one collected by Mr. 

 Stewart Culin-i from Hawaii, as " A Pump." 



23. (Plate XXIV.)— A T>VG0i^G = 3fatei. (Cape York). 



Opening A. 



Release the right index and draw tight. Bend the left index into 

 its own loop, catching down this string, and allowing its own to 

 slip off. 



Release the left thumb. Bring the left thumb and index together 

 tip to tip, and slip the index loop on to the thumb. 



Pass the left index to the radial side of the loose loop that runs to 

 its palmar string, and pick up the radial string proximally, then 

 pass it to the ulnar side of the ulnar string of this loop, and, turn- 

 ing up the index fingers towards you, pick up this string, letting 

 the other slip off. 



Similarly pick up with the right index the right ulnar thumb 

 and the radial little finger strings. 



Pass the little fingers into the index loops proximally, and hook 

 down the oblique strings that run towards the centre of the figure, 

 allowing tlie original little finger loops to slip oft". 



Release the thumbs, then pass them away from you into the space 

 at the bottom of the figure, and pick up on their backs the strings 

 that run straight across the figure. Release the little fingers. 



This represents a Dugong, the left hand diamond is the head, and 

 the right hand one is its tail. 



24. (Plate XXTV.)— A Scrub }im=E(angn. (Cape York). 



Position 1 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. 



1 "Hawaiian frames." American Aiitliropalfyixt, \oI. i., No. 'i (n,!^.), April, 1899, p. •222. 



