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2. Thumbs into forefinger triangles, press down upper string of diamond 
past the lower string ; pick up this lower string on backs of thumbs, catch 
the string brought down on backs of little fingers, releasing the little-finger 
loops in so doing, and carry it out under the far forefinger string. 
3. Release forefingers and extend. (The three diamonds reappear, but 
extended between little fingers and thumbs, and with the strings looped in 
the centre instead of crossed.) 
Fig. 31.—The dugong . 
6. Forefingers down past string running from palmar string to centre 
of figure ; catch up the string on inside of joint ; left forefinger over near 
thumb string, and catching that string on the far side of the forefingers, 
raise those fingers to their position, and release thumbs. (Again the three 
diamonds appear suspended between the top and bottom strings, but now 
the diamond on the left is free.) 
7. Draw the hands slowly apart, and the dugong swims to the right*, 
the three diamonds representing head, body, and tail. 
Fig. 30.—The dugong . After movement 3. 
4. Forefingers down into diamonds on right and left of figure, hook up 
near string of diamond, and bend forefingers close to palm, inserting them 
down behind the palmar string close to thumb. Raise forefingers, carrying 
up this string on their backs, and release thumbs. 
5. Insert thumbs into forefinger loop from below, and transfer loop to 
thumbs. 
