ROTH] STRING FIGURES, TRICKS, AND PUZZLES 519 
LH.—Similarly. 
The figure now appears as in (4). 
BH.—Hook back of m under loop, and draw back. 
BH.—Exchange these loops. 
BH.—Hook ra / string, distal to intervening strings, onto 7a side 
of ¢; hook w/ ¢ string distal to intervening strings onto w/ side of /. 
Press m, through its own loop, = 
proximal to palmar strings, into 
palm; drop remaining strings off 
all other digits, and replace m 
by ¢ and 7. 
660. Swamp, with log lying 
across, War., Aka.; A fish lying 
under a piece of wood. Mak. (fig. 278). Cf. a small arrow among 
the Tukano (Betoya stock) on Rio Tiquie (KG, 1, 253). 
BH.—String in position 1, opening A. 
BH.—Slip loop off each 7. 
BH—Place ul i string behind /. 
In each hand there is now a string crossing the palmar surfaces 
of m and r. 
Fic. 278.—Swamp, with log across. Tish 
under a log. (Warrau, etc.) 
“a @ 
Fic, 279.—Little fishes. (Patamona.) 
RH.—Insert Lm from proximal side’ under this same crossing 
string and draw out. 
LH—Similarly, but taking care to pass the 2m through Lm loop 
on commencing the manipulation. 
BH.—Passing top of thumb distal to the other strings, hook up 
ra 1 string onto its ra side. 
BH.—Similarly, hook up wi ¢ string onto ui side of /. 
BH.—Place 7 and m into their respective loops, press them, proxi- 
mal to the double palmar string, into the palms, and slip remaining 
loops off the other digits. 
BH.—Replace z and m by ¢# and @, respectively. 
661. Little fishes. Pat. (fig. 279). 
2H.—Position 1, opening A. 
