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several times to an article by Dr. Lutz in " Timehri " July, 1912. A num- 

 ber of the figures are the same as those described here but they were from 

 Patamona Indians and not from Makushis. If in my descriptions I seem 

 to have used his words, it has been done unwittingly. All the figures in 

 the present article were worked out and noted down before I came across 

 a copy of Dr. Lutz' figures and it was only afier working laboriously 

 through his descriptions that their resemblance to mine became apparent. 



It may be interesting to note that it is not every Indian who knows 

 how to work these patterns. They all seem to have some idei but only a 

 few are proficient. Of the eighteen figures described, no less than eleven 

 were shown me by one boy, Leonard by name. Another, Bernard, gave 

 me three but he knew all or nearly all that Leonard did. Patricio 

 gave me two, and Gabriel and Marco one each. 



In a way, the string figures of the Indian tribes whether of North or 

 South America are more interesting than are our own Cat's Cradle as 

 they almost invariably require only one person while ours always de- 

 mands the skill of at least two. 



