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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
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Professor Hoffmann
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First
Method.
(With
both
hands).--Hold
the
pack
in
the
left
hand,
lengthways,
with
the
face
downwards,
as
if
about
to
deal
at
any
game.
In
this
position
the
thumb
will
naturally
be
on
the
left
side
of
the
pack,
and
the
four
fingers
on
the
other.
Insert
the
top
joint
of
the
little
finger
immediately
above
those
cards
which
are
to
be
brought
to
the
top
of
the
pack
(and
which
are
now
undermost),
and
let
the
remaining
three
fingers
close
naturally
on
the
remaining
cards,
which
are
now
uppermost.
(See
Fig.
1.)
In
this
position
you
will
find
that
the
uppermost
part
of
the
pack
is
held
between
the
little
finger,
which
is
underneath,
and
the
remaining
fingers,
which
are
upon
it.
Now
advance
the
right
hand,
and
cover
the
pack
with
it.
Grasp
the
lower
portion
of
the
pack
lengthways
between
the
second
finger
at
the
upper
and
the
thumb
at
the
lower
end,
the
left
thumb
lying,
slightly
bent,
across
the
pack.
Press
the
inner
edge
of
the
lower
packet
into
the
fork
of
the
left
thumb,
so
that
the
two
packets
will
be
as
shown
in
Fig.
2.
Next
draw
away
the
upper
packet,
by
slightly
extending
the
fingers
of
the
left
hand,
at
the
same
time
lifting
up
the
outer
edge
of
the
lower
packet,
till
the
edges
of
the
two
packets
just
clear
each
other
(see
Fig.
3),
when
by
the
mere
act
of
closing
the
left
hand
they
will
be
brought
together
as
at
first,
save
that
they
will
have
changed
places.
Do
this
at
first
very
slowly,
aiming
only
at
neatness
and
noiselessness
of
execution.
At
the
outset
the
task
will
be
found
somewhat
difficult,
but
gradually
the
hands
will
be
found
to
acquire
a
sort
of
sympathetic
action;
the
different
movements
which
we
have
above
described
will
melt,
as
it
were,
into
one,
and
the
two
packets
will
change
places
with
such
lightness
and
rapidity
that
they
will
seem
to
actually
pass
through
each
other.
A
slight
momentary
depression
and
elevation
of
the
hands
(apparently
a
mere
careless
gesture)
in
the
act
of
making
the
pass
will
completely
cover
the
transposition
of
the
cards,
which
in
the
hands
of
an
adept
is
invisible,
even
to
the
most
watchful
spectator.
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