Fourth: Release the loop from the left index and draw the strings tight (Fig. 70). The string on the fight hand is now in the First Position.
Fifth: With the back of the left index take up, from below, the string on the right palm, as in Opening A, and separate the hands (Fig 71).
Sixth: With the right thumb and index pick up the string on the back of the
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left wrist (Fig. 72), lift it over the tips of all the left fingers, and let it drop on the palmar side; separate the hands (Fig. 73).
Seventh: Release the loop from the left thumb.
Eighth: Put the left thumb, from below, into the left index loop and with-
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draw the left index (Fig. 74), in order to transfer the loop to the left thumb (Fig. 75, Left hand).
Ninth: Turning the palms away from you, bend each index over the near little finger string (Fig. 75, Right hand), and pick up on the tip of the finger the far little
