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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
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Professor Hoffmann
217
Being
thoroughly
master
of
this
first
lesson,
you
may
proceed
to
the
study
of
the
various
“passes.”
All
of
the
passes
have
the
same
object--viz.,
the
apparent
transfer
of
an
article
from
one
hand
to
the
other,
though
such
article
really
remains
in
the
hand
which
it
has
apparently
just
quitted.
As
the
same
movement
frequently
repeated
would
cause
suspicion,
and
possibly
detection,
it
is
desirable
to
acquire
different
ways
of
effecting
this
object.
For
facility
of
subsequent
reference,
we
shall
denote
the
different
passes
described
by
numbers.[I]
[I]
It
should
be
here
mentioned
that
the
term
“palming,”
which
we
have
so
far
used
as
meaning
simply
the
act
of
holding
any
article,
is
also
employed
to
signify
the
act
of
placing
any
article
in
the
palm
by
one
or
other
of
the
various
passes.
The
context
will
readily
indicate
in
which
of
the
two
senses
the
term
is
used
in
any
given
passage.
It
is
hardly
necessary
to
remark
that
the
diagrams,
save
where
the
letterpress
indicates
the
contrary,
represent
the
hands
of
the
performer
as
seen
by
himself.
PASS
1.--Take
the
coin
in
the
right
hand,
between
the
second
and
third
fingers
and
the
thumb
(see
Fig.
61),
letting
it,
however,
really
be
supported
by
the
fingers,
and
only
steadied
by
the
thumb.
Now
move
the
thumb
out
of
the
way,
and
close
the
second
and
third
fingers,
with
the
coin
balanced
on
them,
into
the
palm.
(See
Fig.
62.)
If
the
coin
was
placed
right
in
the
first
instance,
you
will
find
that
this
motion
puts
it
precisely
in
the
position
above
described
as
the
proper
one
for
palming;
and
on
again
extending
the
fingers,
the
coin
is
left
palmed,
as
in
Fig.
60.
When
you
can
do
this
easily
with
the
hand
at
rest,
you
must
practise
doing
the
same
thing
with
the
right
hand
in
motion
toward
the
left,
which
should
meet
it
open,
but
should
close
the
moment
that
the
fingers
of
the
right
hand
touch
its
palm,
as
though
upon
the
coin,
which
you
have
by
this
movement
feigned
to
transfer
to
it.
The
left
hand
must
thenceforward
remain
closed,
as
if
holding
the
coin,
and
the
right
hand
hang
loosely
open,
as
if
empty.
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