ROTH] STRING FIGURES, TRICKS, AND PUZZLES 507 
639. The jwmping dog-flea. Ara. (fig. 257). 
Use a comparatively short string. 
BH.—Position 1. 
LH—With Fi hook up palmar string from distal side, and pull 
out, at the same time twisting #7 inward (toward you) and upward. 
6 i = ED 
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Fig. 257.—The jumping dog-flea. (Arawak.) 
RH.—With Zi passed through 7? loop, take up and pull out palmar 
string in similar fashion. 
BH.—Loose thumbs. 
BH.—Loose little fingers, but in pulling apart, return the hands 
slowly and gently until a knot appears. This knot is the dog-flea. 
Now stretch the hands forcibly apart. A “click” is heard; the 
flea has jumped away. 
Fig. 258.—Crab. (Wapishana.) 
640. Crab. Wap. (fig. 258). This figure may sometimes be used 
to indicate a trap or snare, the visitor inserting a finger into the 
“body ” of the crab and the manipulator then slipping the “ claws” 
off his little fingers and extending his hands. 
Use a very short string. 
BH .—Position 1. 
LH .—Take up palmar string with 7 by passing the digit under- 
neath it from the distal side and twisting it on its return. 
RH.—The same, taking care to pass Zi within 77 loop before pass- 
ing underneath. 
BH.—With back of / passed distal to the remaining strings, hook 
up the va ¢ strings and free the thumbs. 
