RoTH] STRING FIGURES, TRICKS, AND PUZZLES 547 
(fig. 326). Place the string over the left thumb (A). With Ri 
passed under (proximal to) ra ¢ string hook up the w/ ¢ string, 
through the fork between ¢ and é, and, after twisting clockwise the 
B 
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Ss 
c & 
Fic. 325.—Cutting the fingers. First method. (Arawak, ete.) 
loop so drawn out, hang it over the i (B). With Ri passed under 
(proximal to) ra ¢ string, hook up the string on back of hand through 
fork between i and m, and treat it in the same way. Continue now 
until all remaining digits are looped (C). Slip thumb out of its 
Fic. 326.—Cutting the fingers. Second method. (Arawak, ete.) 
loop, and pull sharply on that extremity of string emerging from 
palmar surface of 7, when all the digits will be freed. 
710. To cut the fingers—Third method (Wap.), perhaps intro- 
duced by Europeans (fig. 327) : Use a comparatively short string. 
Place the loop over front of LH and bringing it back through the 
second and fourth interdigital spaces, hang it over the palm (A). 
