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indexes well, turn each hand, one at a time, inwards and upwards, catching 
the string on the backs of the thumb and index, so that when both hands 
are held up, palms towards you, there is a short palmar string, a far thumb 
string, and a near index string, the two long strings passing between the 
Fig. 30.—The star made from “ the brush house.” 
index and thumb and lying over the palmar string, which passes completely 
round the forefingers and thumbs. 
2. Insert the right index from below under the left palmar string, and 
draw the loop out, at the same time giving it one twist by rotating the 
index away from you, down, and up again. 
