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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
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Professor Hoffmann
38
Second
Method.--(With
both
hands).--Holding
the
pack
in
the
left
hand,
as
directed
for
the
first
method,
grasp
as
before
the
lower
portion
of
the
pack
lengthways
between
the
second
finger
at
the
upper
end
and
the
thumb
at
the
lower
end;
move
the
left
thumb,
which
now
takes
no
part
in
the
operation,
a
little
below
the
pack
to
be
out
of
the
way.
Then
slide
the
lower
half
of
the
pack
a
little
to
the
left,
and
the
upper
half
to
the
right
till
they
just
clear
each
other
(see
Fig.
4),
when
you
will
be
enabled
to
place
what
was
originally
the
upper
half
undermost,
and
vice
versâ.
This
is
the
theory
of
the
process,
but
in
practice
the
necessary
motions
are
not
nearly
so
distinct.
As
you
grow
more
and
more
expert,
the
necessary
movement
from
right
to
left
should
become
gradually
smaller
and
smaller,
until
at
last
it
is
almost
imperceptible.
You
must
study
to
reduce
this
movement
to
the
very
minimum;
and
in
order
to
do
this,
endeavour,
after
you
have
once
seen
clearly
what
it
is
you
have
to
do,
to
keep
the
hands
together
as
much
as
possible.
Let
the
edge
of
the
palm
of
the
right
hand
rest
gently,
but
firmly,
on
the
first
three
fingers
of
the
left
hand,
and
let
the
contact
thus
made
form
a
kind
of
hinge
or
fulcrum
for
the
movement
of
the
hands.
When
you
become
expert,
you
will
find
that
the
mere
outward
movement
of
the
two
hands
upon
this
imaginary
hinge
(the
cards
being
held
lightly,
and
allowed
to
accommodate
themselves
to
the
movement)
is
sufficient
to
produce
the
effect.
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