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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
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Professor Hoffmann
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Fourth
Method.
(With
the
left
hand.)--This
is
almost
the
same
as
the
method
last
described,
save
that
the
left
hand
only
is
used.
The
upper
packet,
instead
of
being
held
in
the
right
hand,
is
in
this
case
clipped
between
the
ball
of
the
left
thumb
and
the
point
where
the
thumb
joins
the
hand.
In
other
respects
the
movement
is
the
same.
Fifth
Method.
(With
the
left
hand.)--Take
the
cards
in
the
left
hand
as
before.
Insert
the
third
finger
above
the
cards
which
are
to
be
brought
to
the
top
(and
which
now
form
the
lower
half
of
the
pack),
and
close
the
remaining
three
fingers
on
the
top
of
the
pack.
(See
Fig.
1,
but
suppose
the
third
finger
inserted
in
place
of
the
fourth.)
Now
extend
the
fingers,
which
will
make
the
upper
part
of
the
pack
describe
a
semicircle
(see
Fig.
7),
and
at
the
same
moment
press
downward
with
the
thumb
the
left
top
corner
of
the
lower
packet.
This
will
tilt
up
the
opposite
end
of
the
lower
packet,
and
give
room,
as
you
again
close
the
fingers,
for
the
upper
packet
to
pass
into
the
lower
place.
(See
Fig.
8.)
To
bring
the
original
upper
packet
(i.e.,
the
one
with
the
six
of
hearts
at
the
bottom)
from
the
position
indicated
in
Fig.
7
to
that
which
it
occupies
in
Fig.
8,
it
is
pressed
slightly
forward
with
the
middle
finger,
and
is
thereby
made
to
perform
a
semi-revolution,
the
third
finger
acting
as
pivot.
The
packet
is
by
this
means
turned
over
endways,
i.e.,
that
end
of
the
packet
which
was
originally
nearest
to
the
performer
is
now
farthest
from
him,
and
vice
versâ.
The
movement
is
by
no
means
easy
to
describe,
but
if
followed
step
by
step
with
the
cards,
will
be
readily
understood.
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