CH. XV] STRING FIGURES 333 



by pointing the fingers to the right, then towards you, and then 

 upwards. (3) Keeping the fingers pointing upwards, move the 

 right hand to the left between your body and the pendant strings, 

 then clockwise beyond the left pendant string, then away from 

 you, then to the right, and finally towards you through the loop. 

 (4) Lastly, draw the hand down and to the right, and it will come 

 free from the noose round the wrist. 



The Chippewa Release is effected thus : (1) Put the loop on 

 a vertical peg or on the upright index-finger of another person. 

 (2) With the left-hand, take hold of the two strings of the loop 

 (which are uncrossed, horizontal, and parallel) some foot or so 

 away from the peg. (3) Put your right mid-finger from above to 

 the left of the left-hand string, with the side of the finger catch 

 that string, lift it up and carry it over the other string, and then 

 put the finger down. (4) Move your right index-finger forward, 

 and put it down near the peg, between the strings coming from 

 the peg and as yet uncrossed. (5) Raise your mid-finger with the 

 original left-hand string hanging on its tip, and place its tip on 

 the peg. (6) Lastly, remove the index-finger, and at the same 

 time pull with the left hand, whereon the string comes free. 



The Cheating the Halter is worked thus : (1) Put your head 

 through a loop of string, and let the rest of the loop hang down 

 in front of you. (2) Pass the right string round the neck from 

 the left side, draw the loop tight, and let it hang down in front 

 of you. (3) Put the hanging loop on the hands, and form 

 Opening A. (4) Pass the index loops over the head, and remove 

 the hands and fingers from the other loops ; a loop now hangs 

 down in front of you. (5) Lastly, pull this loop, or either string 

 of it, and all the strings will come off the neck. 



We can vary the presentation by twisting the left string 

 round the neck from the right side. In this case we must use 

 Opening B. 



The Threading a Closed Loop, which is said to represent the 

 eye of a needle, is effected thus: (1) Take hold of a piece of 

 string, ABC, some three or four feet long, at a point B about 

 8 inches from one end A. Hold this piece AB in the left palm 

 and hold the left hand so that the thumb points to the right. 



