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The baud extended or slightly curved is held in front of the body a 

 little to the right of the median line; it is then carried with a rapid sweep 

 a foot or more farther to the right. {Mandan and Hidatsa I.) 



Place the hand as in Yes, and move it from side to side. {Iroquois 

 I.) "A shake of the head."; 



Throw the Hat right hand forward and outward to the right, jialin to 

 the front. (Kaiowa I; Uomnnchr III; Apache II; Wichita II.) 



(^nick motion of open liand from the month forward, palm toward the 

 mouth. (Sahaptia I.) 



Place hand in front of body, fingers relaxed, palm toward body (Y 1), 

 then with easy motion move to point, say, a foot from body, a little to 

 right, fingers same, but palm ni)ward. (Sahaptin I.) "We don't agree." 

 To express All f/one, use a similar motion witli both hands. " Empty." 



Elevate the extended index and wave it quickly from side to side 

 before the face. This is sometimes accompanied by shaking tlie head. 

 [Pai-Utc I.) 



Extend the index, holding it vertically before the face, remaining 

 fingers and thumb closed; pass the finger quickly from side to side a 

 foot or so before the face. {Apache I.) This sign, as also that of {Pai- 

 Ute I), is substantially the same as that with the same significance re- 

 ported from Naples by Dk Jorio. 



Wave extended hand before tlie face from side (o side. {Apache III.) 



Another: The right hand, naturally relaxed, is thrown outward and 

 forward toward the right. {Apache 1.) 



Extend the palm of the right hand horizontally a foot from the waist, 

 palm downward, then suddenly throw it half over from the body, as if 

 tossing a chip from the back of tiie hand. ( Wichita I.) 



Deaf-mute natural siyns. — Shake the head. {Ballard.) 



Move both hands from each other, and, at the same time, shake the 

 head so as to indicate " no." {Ha.scnstab.) 



Our deaf-mutes for emjjhatic negative wave the right hand before the 

 face. 



The Egyptian negative linear hieroglyph is clearly the gesture of both 

 hands, palm down, waved apait horizontally and apparently at the level 

 of the elbow, between which and the Maya negative iwrticle "»«« " given 

 by Laiida there is a strong coincidence. 



]¥one, ]\otiiing'; I have none. 



" Little " or " nothing " is signified by passing one hand over the other. 

 (Ojibwa I.) 



