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RH.—Close. Raise loop from back of 7 and m, draw out, and 
place on LH in position 1. Open RH. 
LH.—Hook ¢ and m through their respective loops and press them 
into palm proximal to palmar string. Release loops on ¢ and 7, and 
straighten ¢ and m. 
Fic. 316.—Sunfish. Lukunanni. (Warrau.) 
LH.—Remove i and m loops and replace them on ¢ and 7, respec- 
tively. 
701. Sting ray. War. (figs. 317, 318). 
4H—Position 4, opening B. 
2 H,—KExchange loops on the back of ¢ and m, and stretch hands 
apart (fig. 317 A). 
WER 
Pic, 317.—Sting ray. (Warrau.) (Preliminary stages.) 
Get assistant to approximate the extremities of the lower loop by 
means of his forefingers inserted at a and y, when (2) will result. 
Get assistant to throw a second string (C’ w s) over each end of the 
figure, and, with 7 and m of both his hands to hook down this second 
string through your own m and @ loops, and to pull it toward him as 
far as it will admit. 
Now drop the original string from off your own hands, and pick up, 
with your own 7, the loops on your assistant’s 7, And then the two of 
