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Place the extended and separated index and second fingers of the 

 right hand across the extended forefinger of the left, back of the hand 

 forward. [Pai-Ute 1.) 



The index and second finger of the right hand alone extended and 

 separated, placed astraddle the extended forefinger of the left, the 

 l)alni of the right hand facing the back of the left hand. {Apache I.) 



Hot, Hot weather. (Coni])are Heat.) 



Hands at the height of the head or sometimes over it, horizontal, flat, 

 with fingers and tbnmbs extended, sei)arated, jiointing toward the front, 

 palm of hands down (W), make a slight treinnlons motion with the 

 fingers, withont moving the hand. Sign is also often made with the 

 extended fingers pointing toward each other. {Dulcota I.) " Glimmer 

 during hot weather. Reflection and refraction through the atmosphere 

 often seen during hot weather." 



Hour, Time of day. (Comi)are Day.) 



To indicate any particular time of day, the hand with the sign of the 

 sun is stretched out toward the eastern horizon, and then gradually 

 elevated until it arrives in the i>roper direction to indicate the part of 

 the heavens in which the sun will be at the given time. (Loufj.) 



Forefinger of riglit hand, crooked as in sign for ]TIoi*llillg°, made to 

 describe an arc over the head from east to west, being stopped at any 

 point in the arc according to the time of morning oi- evening. {Chey- 

 enne I.) 



Indicate the spot at which the sun stood when the event to which 

 they are alluding occurred. Point fixedly to that point and hold the 

 arm in that position for several moments. {Ojihicn X.) 



Curve the index of the closed right liand in the form of a half circle; 

 inove it from the eastern horizon, following the course of the sun, and 

 allowing it to rest at the position occupied by that body at tlie time to 

 be indicated. {DalofaY.) 



The sign for 8hii being made, the hand is held in the direction of 

 the place which the sun would occupy at the time to be indicated, or the 

 hand is made to describe an arc corresponding to the course of the sun 

 during the lapse of time referred to. Thus the forenoon is shown by 

 stretching the hand (in position of sign for sun) toward the horizon, and 

 then slowly sweeping it up toward the zenith ; the afternoon is shown 

 by a reverse motion ; noon, by holding the hand toward the zenith. 

 (Hidatm I.) 



Deaf-mute natural signs. — Indicated by striking the air with the fore- 

 finger, signifying the stroke of the clock. {Ballard.) 



