MALLERY.] GOOD—HABITATION. 427 
Deaf-mute signs: 
Some of the Indian signs appear to be connected with a pleasant taste 
in the mouth, as is the sign of the French and American deaf-mutes, wav- 
ing thence the hand, either with or without tonching the lips, back up- 
ward, with fingers straight and joined, in a forward and downward curve. 
They make nearly the same gesture with hand sidewise for general assent: 
“Very. well!” 
The conventional sign for good, given in the illustration to the report 
of the Ohio Institution for the education of the deaf and dumb, is: The 
right hand raised forward and closed, except the thumb, which is ex- 
tended upward, held vertically, its nail being toward the body; this is 
in opposition to the sign for bad in the same illustration, the one being 
merely the exhibition of the thumb toward and the other of the little 
finger away from the body. They are English signs, the traditional 
conception being acceptance and rejection respectively. 
Italian signs : 
The fingers gathered on the mouth, kissed and stretched out and spread, 
intimate a dainty morsel. The open hand stretched out horizontally, and 
gently shaken, intimates that a thing is so-so, not good and not bad. 
(Butler.) Compare also the Neapolitan sign given by De Jorio, see Fig. 
62, p. 286, supra. Cardinal Wiseman gives as the Italian sign for good 
“the hand thrown upwards and the head back with a prolonged ah!” 
Loe. cit., p. 543. 
Heart is. 
Strike with right hand on the heart and make the sign for Goop from 
the heart outward. (Cheyenne II.) 
Touch the left breast over the heart two or three times with the ends 
of the fingers of the right hand; then make the sign for Goop. (Da- 
kota IV.) 
Place the fingers of the flat right hand over the breast, then make the 
sign for Goop. (Dakota VIL.) 
Move hand to position in front of breast, fingers extended, palm down- 
ward (W), then with quick movement throw hand forward and to the 
side to a point 12 or 15 inches from, body, hand same as in first position. 
(Sahaptin I.) 
For further remarks on the signs for good, see page 286. 
HABITATION, including HousE, LopGE, Tip1, WiGWwAM. 
HOUSE. 
The hand half open and the forefinger extended and separated; then 
raise the hand upward and give it a half turn, as if screwing something. 
(Dunbar.) 
