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6. Insert the thumbs into the little-finger loops from below, keeping 
them close to the little fingers. Join the tips of the index finger and thumb 
of each hand, and, keeping them joined, turn the index fingers down into 
the little-finger loop, withdrawing the thumbs. 
Fig. 7.— -M'outi. During movement 5. 
7. Turn the palms upwards, and insert the thumb from below into the 
index loop. Release the loop from the little fingers, spread the index fingers 
Fig. 8.— Mouti. After movement 7. 
and thumbs, drawing the strings taut. (There are now a double loop on 
each thumb and a treble loop on each index, the string of the third loop 
crossing in zigzags from front to back in six diagonal lines.) (Rig. 8.) 
Fig. 9.— Mouti. After movement 8. 
8. Insert the little fingers into the central V from below, catch the short 
strings on the inside of the first joint of those fingers, draw them apart, 
and, keeping the strings taut, release the forefingers. (There are now a 
