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Andersen.—Maoki String Games. 
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Comparison. 
With the figure of “ the mountain ” may be compared “ the brush 
house,” known by the Pueblo Indians of New Mexico as nathu (a hut). 
(Mrs. Jayne, pp. 301 et seq .) 
Fig. 29.-—“ The brush house ” {nathu). 
1. Insert the thumbs and forefingers in the loop, drop the hands, holding 
the string taut, so that the fingers point downwards and outwards, and the 
string is caught by the thumbs and index fingers, there being a short palmar 
string, a near thumb string, and a far index string. Spread the thumbs and 
