Some Figures in String. 149 



Maorai (Fish-teap.) 

 1st. Put the left hand into the loop and hang this latter on the back of 

 the wiist. Bring the far string round by the front and then by the 

 back so as to form a'double dorsal loop and a single palmar one on 

 the left wrist. 



2nd. Pass the long loop between the left index and middle fingers and 

 back to the palmar side between the left middle and ring fingers. 



3rd Pass the right index underneath tie two palmar loops from the near 

 side and draw the long loop through. Pass one of the long hanging 

 strings between the left index and thumb, round the thumb and on 

 to the palmar side. The other string is passed between the left ring 

 and little fingers, round the left little finger and so on to the palmar 

 side. 



4th. Take up on the backs of the right index and middle fingers the two 

 short palmar loops now formed. Stretch. 



5th. Loosen out the double dorsal loop on the left middle finger and 

 passing the entire right hand through it, transfer it to the back of 

 the right wrist. 



6th. Transfer the right index and middle loops to the left index and 

 middle fingers. 



7th. Bring the left double wrist loop to the palmar side and stretch care- 

 fully, arranging the string just pulled over 60 as to form a binding 

 round the other strings. 



This figure is not at all a bad representation of an Indian fish-trap 

 especially if the last movement is done with a certain amount of arrange- 

 ment. 



Yiping (Mountain.; 



The Makushis give the name " Yipivg " only to those mountains 

 from which rivers take their source. Thus we have a river "Xidppi" 

 which rises in the Ndppi-Yiping and the Kara Kara River rises similarly 

 in the Kdrdkar a- Yiping. 1 believe they call other mountains 

 by the generic name of " Ter" (stone.) At least, as far as I 

 could make out, they always spoke of the various peaks of the 

 Kanaku Mountain as " Ter" except where a river flowed down from one 

 of them. This figure is described by Dr. Lutzin "Timehri," July, 1912, p. 

 121, but I think there are several points of difference between the two 

 ways of manipulation. 



1st. Opening A. Release the thumbs and stre'ch. 



2nd. Take the left little finger loop and put it on the upper part of the 

 left index in such a way that what was the far little finger string is 

 now the upper near index string and what was the near little fii ger 

 string now becomes the upper far index string. We have now two 

 near index strings and on the far side we have a string passing 



