. Timehri. ed here but they were fromPatamona Indians and not from Makushis. If in my descriptions I seemto have used his words, it has been done unwittingly. All the figures inthe present article were worked out and noted down before I came acrossa copy of Dr. Lutz figures and it was only afier working laboriouslythrough his descriptions that their resemblance to mine became apparent. It may be interesting to note that it is not every Indian who knowshow to work these patterns. They all seem to have some idei but only afew are proficient. Of the eighteen figures described, no less than eleven
. Timehri. ed here but they were fromPatamona Indians and not from Makushis. If in my descriptions I seemto have used his words, it has been done unwittingly. All the figures inthe present article were worked out and noted down before I came acrossa copy of Dr. Lutz figures and it was only afier working laboriouslythrough his descriptions that their resemblance to mine became apparent. It may be interesting to note that it is not every Indian who knowshow to work these patterns. They all seem to have some idei but only afew are proficient. Of the eighteen figures described, no less than elevenwere shown me by one boy, Leonard by name. Another, Bernard, gaveme three but he knew all or nearly all that Leonard did. Patriciogave me two, and Gabriel and Marco one each. In a way, the string figures of the Indian tribes whether of North orSouth America are more interesting than are our own Cats Cradle asthey almost invariably require only one person while ours always de-mands the skill of at least Tig. -f.
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