Mathematical recreations and essays . e tips by pressingthe middle-fingers against them, and the radial left thumb string should nowcross between the left thumb and index; if it be not in this position it should beshifted there. Ninth. Make movement T on the thumb loops of each Release the loops from the little-fingers, and extend the figure betweenthe thumbs and the tips of the index-fingers: it is usual but not necessary, atthe same time, to rotate the hands to face outwards. More briefly thus. Opening A. Right hand out. Right little-finger andthumb through index loop. Right ind
Mathematical recreations and essays . e tips by pressingthe middle-fingers against them, and the radial left thumb string should nowcross between the left thumb and index; if it be not in this position it should beshifted there. Ninth. Make movement T on the thumb loops of each Release the loops from the little-fingers, and extend the figure betweenthe thumbs and the tips of the index-fingers: it is usual but not necessary, atthe same time, to rotate the hands to face outwards. More briefly thus. Opening A. Right hand out. Right little-finger andthumb through index loop. Right index takes up palmar string. Each thumbover one and takes up one. Right index picks up near right index string andleft index picks up far left thumb string. T to thumb loops. Release little-fingers and extend. Quadruple Diamonds. This design—see figure viii—wasgiven me by a friend who was taught it when a boy inLancashire. It is the same as one described by Mrs Jajme(pp. 24—27), which was derived by her from the Osage Figure viii. Quadruple Diamonds. Quadruple Diamonds can be produced thus. Fiist. Take up the stringin the form of Opening A. Second. Release the thumbs. Third. Pass theright thumb away from you under all the strings, and take up from below withthe back of the thumb the far right little-finger string, and return. Make asimilar movement with the other hand. Fourth. Pass each thumb away from CH. XVIIl] STRING FIGURES 363 you over the near index string, and take up from below with the back of thethumb the corresponding far index string, and return. Fifth. Release thelittle-fingers. Sixth. Pass each little-finger towards you over one string ( near index string) and take up from below on the back of the little-fingerthe corresponding far thumb string, and return. Seventh. Release the Pass each thumb away from you over the two index strings and take upfrom below, with the back of the thumb, the corresponding near little-finger strin
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