rove] STRING FIGURES, TRICKS, AND PUZZLES 509 
642. Crab. War. (fig. 260). 
LH.—String in position 1. Raise palmar string, twist into a loop 
and place over 7 and m. (A) Pass Ai under the crossed palmar 
strings from proximal side and hook out from between their fork 
the string lying between z and m, and draw out. (2) Pass this end 
ot the string over # wrist. 
LH—Insert i and m under each proximal half of the diagonally 
crossed palmar strings, from proximal side, and draw them out. 
RHW—Remove loop from behind wrist over to front of hand. 
RH.—Close. Slightly raise the two loops on back of 7 and m; in- 
sert in them Zi and m, retain them there, and drop remaining strings 
off RH. 
LH.—Close. There are now a proximal and distal loop on back of 
zand m. Raise the proximal ones and pass them over the distal into 
the palm. Insert 27 and m into the remaining loops on back of 7 and 
m, draw out and open LH. 
As the hands are gradually separated, the “ crab 
left to right. 
” will crawl from 
Fic. 261.—Door of house. (Taruma, etc.) 
6438. Door of house. Tar., Wap. (fig. 261). 
Use a comparatively short string. 
BH.—Position 1. 
LH,.—YTake up palmer string with 7 of opposite hand, from distal 
side, twisting it on the return. 
RH.—Similar, but being careful to pass the index through the in- 
dex loop of opposite hand when taking up the palmar string. 
LH.—Within index loop pick up the ¢ loop, by holding its u/ ¢ 
string with the 77 and ¢, bring it over and replace on ¢. 
LH.—Pick up the / loop in similar manner, and replace on 7. 
RH,—Similar action with ¢ and 7 loops. 
BH.—Slip 7 loop over into palm, and stretch out the two loops 
remaining. 
644. Snake. War. (fig. 262). 
String in position 1 on both hands. 
Pull out; i. e., loop up the palmar string of ZH and passing it over 
(distal to) the w/ string, wind it twice around both strings, bring- 
