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little fingers inwards under the two strings of hanging loop, and. raise 
them to position. 
6. Release all strings from mouth, and draw hands apart smartly, 
when the leashes are caught round the wrists and little fingers. This 
again differs from the two above only in the position of the strings, which 
are here held on the wrists and little fingers. % 
7. The “ two hogans ” are produced simply by taking the central 
double string between the teeth, and dropping the hands before you, 
palms upwards, Httle-finger tips touching, and strings taut. 
Wahine. 
(Another comparison.) 
The figure is known as “ a butterfly ” in the Loyalty Islands. (Compton, 
pp. 214, 215.) 
1. Opening A. 
2. All fingers into thumb loops from above, carry over near thumb 
string, insert thumbs under far thumb string, so that the former thumb 
loop becomes a wrist loop. 
Fig. 25.—The butterfly. 
3. Thumbs under wrist loop into little-finger loop from below, and 
return carrying with them far little-finger string. 
4. Release little fingers. 
5. Little fingers into forefinger loops from below, and transfer the loops 
to little fingers. 
6. Thumbs into little-finger loop from below, take up near little-finger 
string and return. 
7. Forefinger into thumb loop from below, take up far thumb string 
and return. 
8. Release thumbs and little fingers, and extend, but do not make 
central figure ( wahine ) too small. 
9. Lay figure on knees ; insert little fingers and thumbs into the former 
wrist loop from above, pass them under far string, then thumbs only into 
former forefinger loops from below. Raise the figure. 
10. Hold thumb strings firmly between thumbs and forefingers, insert 
forefingers into thumb loop from below, and take up far thumb string 
Extend by turning palms from you, still holding tightly the thumb strings 
between thumbs and forefingers. 
The figure extended in the centre is the butterfly, and it may be made 
to wave its wings by turning the palms to and from each other alternately. 
Compton* notes that it also has a sexual significance. 
* It. H. Compton, loc . cit , p. 215. 
