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and goes under the double string at the bottom of the figure. Raise 
the thumbs, carrying up the diagonal string, release the middle fingers, 
and extend the figure, keeping the double string well down with the little 
fingers. 
The canoe appears in the centre, its prow and stern being formed by the 
strings that loop over the short strings going from thumb to index of either 
hand. (Fig. 16.) 
In the Maori figure the double string held by the little fingers forms 
the keel ; in this figure the double string reduces the keel to a point. This 
same figure is known as a well in the Loyalty Islands : the well is full of 
water when the double string is kept straight and taut, and dry when the 
double string is slackened and drawn up by the tightening of the other 
strings. 
There are several other canoe figures in various parts of the world, but 
most of them are simply outline figures, like a drawing on the flat. One, 
Fig. 16.— Gul. The canoe. 
an Esquimaux kayak, is in relief like the Maori and Mabuiag figures, but 
is quite unlike the pattern of either of these. 
Tonga Raurepe. 
This figure is known in the Caroline Islands as “ ten men.” A cinema 
picture of the making of the pattern was taken at Gisborne, but this seems 
to differ somewhat from the Caroline method, though the result is the same. 
The Caroline method is here given so that comparison with the Maori may 
be made when obtained. 
1. Opening A. 
2. With the lips draw the far little-finger string towards you over all 
the other strings. Insert the left index finger from above into the mouth 
loop, and take up on its back the right mouth string. Put the right index 
finger under the left mouth string, pick the string up on its back, and release 
the loop from the lips. Draw strings taut, release the loops from the thumbs, 
and again draw taut. (Fig. 17.) 
3. Putting the thumbs under the index loops, insert them from below 
into the little-finger loop, and pick up on the back of the thumbs the near 
little-finger string, returning the thumbs to their position. 
