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The N.Z. Journal of Science and Technology. [April 
Descriptions of the Maori figures follow :— 
Toemi. 
(A toemi is a net the mouth of which is made to draw together like the 
mouth of a bag.) 
Method. 
1. Position 1. 
2. Bend the index fingers and insert them under the far string, and, 
taking up the string on the backs of the fingers, straighten them to their 
Fig. 3.— Toemi. After movement 2. 
Fig. 4.— Toemi. During movement 3. 
Fig. 5.— Toemi. After movement 3. 
original position. (There are now on both hands a lower palmar string 
lying between the little fingers and thumbs, and an upper palmar string 
lying between the little fingers and index fingers.) 
