Part 31 (1/2)

He, however, describes the Turkish gesture sign for _truth_ to be ”gently boith head inclined to the right” This sidewise inclination may be what has been called the shake of the head in affir the thuers (_Burton_)

Gesticulate vertically doard and in front of the body with the extended forefinger (right hand usually), the reers and thumb closed, their nails down (_Creel_; _Arapaho_ I)

Right hand elevated to the level and in front of the shoulder, two first fingers soer; sudden motion in a curve forward and doard (_Cheyenne_ II) It has been suggested that the correspondence between this gesture and the one given by the saht hand to one side, fingers and thuround or object to be sat upon) seein of the for a question” It is however at least equally probable that the forward and doard curve is an abbreviation of the sign for _truth, true_, a typical description of which follows given by (_Dakota_ I) The sign for _true_ can often be interchanged with that for _yes_, in the same manner as the several words

The index of the horizontal hand (M), other fingers closed, is carried straight outward fron for _truth_

(_Dakota_ I) ”But one tongue”

Extend the right index, the thu it about a foot in front of the right breast, bend the hand from the wrist doard until the end of the index has passed about six inches through an arc Some at the same time move the hand forward a little (_Dakota_ IV) ”A nod; the hand representing the head and the index the nose”

Hold the naturally closed hand before the right side of the breast, or shoulder, leaving the index and thuainst the inner side of the thu 61, p 286, _supra_, Quintilian's sign for approbation

[Illustration: Fig 280]

The right hand, with the forefinger only extended and pointing forward, is held before and near the chest It is then ht curve doard (_Mandan and Hidatsa_ I)

Bend the right arer; unbend, throwing the hand up and forward (_Oers, close the thuer, and then shake forward and down This is nifies, _Yes, I know_ (_Oht arer in type-position (I1),more opened Froht ear as of soer is thenemphatic or direct (_Oto and Missouri_ I) ”'I hear,' en iswhich may or may not imply positive assent It would not probably be used as a direct affirmative, for instance, in response to a question

The hand open, palm doard, at the level of the breast, is moved forith a quick doarda bow of the head (_Iroquois_ I)

Throw the closed right hand, with the index extended and bent, as high as the face, and let it drop again naturally; but as the hand reaches its greatest elevation the index is fully extended and suddenly drawn into the palround (_Kaiowa_ I; _Comanche_ III; _Apache_ II; _Wichita_ II)

Quick ht hand forward from the mouth; first position about six inches froain away In first position the index finger is extended, the others closed; in final, the index loosely closed, thrown in that position as the hand iswith it; palht hand to a position in front of the body, letting arers hooked except forefinger, which is partially extended (E 1, paler from its partially extended position to one si a sly motion for some one to come to you This is done once each tune the assent is(_Sahaptin_ I) ”We are together, think alike”

_Deaf- the head (_Ballard_)

_Deaf-n_:

The French mutes unite the extremities of the index and thumb so as to form a circle and move the hand doith back vertical and turned outward It has been suggested in explanation that the circle formed and exhibited is merely the letter O, the initial of the word _oui_

_Fiji sign_:

assent is expressed, not by a doard nod as with ourselves, but by an upward nod; the head is jerked backward assent is also expressed by uplifting the eyebrows (_Fison_)

_Turkish sign_:

One or two nods of the head forward (_Barnuns for _yes_ are given on page 286, _supra_