MALLERY. ] MANY—MUCH—QUESTION. 447 
Hands open, palms turned in, held about three feet apart and about 
two feet from the ground. Raise them about a foot, then bring in an 
upward curve toward each other. As they pass each other, palms down, 
the right hand is about three inches above the left. (Omaha 1.) 
Place both hands flat and extended, thumbs touching, palms down- 
ward, in front of and as high as the face; then move them outward and 
downward a short distance toward their respective sides, thus describ- 
ing the upper half of a circle. ( Wyandot I.) “A heap.” 
Both hands clinched, placed as high as and in front of the hips, palms 
facing opposite sides and about : 
a foot apart, then bring them up- cae = 
ward and inward, describing an zf ; 
are, until the thumbs _ touch. 
(Apache I.) Fig. 274. 
Sweep out both hands as if ine © 
closing a large object; wave the 
hands forward and somewhat upward. (Apache IIL.) “Suggesting im- 
mensity.” 
Fic. 274. 
Deaf-mute sign: 
The French deaf-mutes place the two hands, with fingers united and 
extended in a slight curve, nearly together, left above right, in front of 
the body, and then raise the left in a direct line above the right, thus 
suggesting the idea of a large and slightly-rounded object being held 
between the two palms. 
—— And heavy. 
Hands open, palms turned in, held about three feet apart, and about 
two feet from the ground, raise them about a foot; close the fists, backs 
of hands down, as if lifting something heavy; then move a short dis- 
tance up and down several times. (Omaha I.) 
Remarks connected with the signs for quantity appear on pages 291, 
399, and 382, supra. 
QUESTION; INQUIRY; INTERROGATION. 
The palm of the hand upward and carried circularly outward, and 
depressed. (Dunbar.) 
The hand held up with the thumb near the face, and the palm directed 
toward the person of whom the inquiry is made; then rotated upon 
the wrist two or three times edgewise, to denote uncertainty. (Long ; 
Comanche 1; Wichita 1.) The motion might be mistaken for the deri- 
sive, vulgar gesture called “ taking a sight,” “donner un pied de nez,” de- 
