136 Kathleen H addon : Australian String Figures. 



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 1. 



Move hands towards and away from you to imitate the bird 

 scraping together its mound. 



Take the loop off the hands and rotate through 180 degrees clock- 

 wise, and replace in Position 1, so that the idnar little fingers 

 strings are still ulnar, but lie over instead of under the toe strings. 



Again imitate the bird scratching. 



Release thumbs and lay figure doAvn with the little finger strings 

 nearest you. 



'Pick up on the indices their respective toe strings in the centre 

 of the figure and draw out. 



This represents the two eggs laid by the Scrub Hen. 



