148 Timehri. 



4th. Separate the left index and middle fingers slightly. Pass the right 

 index and thumb from above and take up between the strings the 

 far string of the hanging loop. Pass this over the left little finger. 

 Take up the near string in a similar way and pass it over the left 

 thumb. 



5th. Ering the dorsal loop that crosses both fingers on to the palmar 

 side. Grip the long loop a few inches from the knots. 



The parrot is made to fly by alternately closing and opening the 

 thumb and little finger. This figure is illustrated in " Timehri," July, 

 1912, p. 118. 



Kura (A Small Fish.) 



This pretty pattern which is shown in Fig. 12, works out in a very 

 regular way after an extremely irregular opening. In the finished 

 figure there is the only example I have come across of a double bight of 

 the cord forming an integral part of the pattern. This curious loop is 

 seen towards the left of the illustration where the double strings meet. 

 The short portion may, with a very little imagination, be considered as 

 the mouth of the fish. Toe prototype of this figure is a very tiny fish 

 about 2J inches long and f inch broad. 



1st. First Position. 



2nd. Take up the left palmar string on the back of the right index 



finger. 

 3rd. Take up on the backs of the left index and middle fingers the two 



portions of the right palmar string that are on either side of the 



right far index string. Stretch. 

 4th. With the right middle finger take up the portion of the left palmar 



string that is below the left middle finger. 

 5th. Pass the thumbs over both index strings and over both middle 



strings and take up on the backs of the thumbs, the near little finger 



strings. Return the thumbs to their position. 



6th. Pass the little fingers over the middle and index strings and take up 

 on their backs, the fir thumb strings. Return the little fingers to 

 their position. 



7th. Bonding the index and middle fingers downwards insert each one 

 into its own loop. In other words, bend these fingers down over 

 the double palmar strings and on either side of the two strings pass- 

 ing between the index and middle fingers. Continue the downward 

 movement of the hands and release the loops from the thumbs and 

 little fingers. 



8th. Still keeping the hands turned downwards, insert the thumbs into 

 the loops held by the index finger ami, freeing these, insert them 

 into the middle finger loops, release the mid ile fiugers and stretch 

 smartly. 



