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Boomerang

1. Navajo opening.

2. Insert thumbs from above into index loops, and return with far index strings.

3. Pass little fingers under near index string, and pick it up.

4. Release index loops. (You may need to push them off with other fingers.)

5. Insert indexes into thumb loops from below, and return with far thumb strings (not the palmar strings).

6. Caroline extension.

These instructions are from [Davidson 1941], figure XLII ("Boomerang").

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