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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
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Professor Hoffmann
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Sixth
Method.
(With
either
hand.)--Take
the
pack
in
either
hand,
as
if
you
were
about
to
stand
it
on
end
on
the
table,
the
backs
of
the
cards
being
next
to
the
palm.
Insert
the
third
finger
between
the
two
halves
of
the
pack,
and
draw
the
second
and
fourth
fingers
behind
the
pack.
In
this
position,
the
uppermost
half
of
the
pack
is
held
between
the
third
finger
and
the
second
and
fourth
fingers.
Clip
the
lower
or
front
half
of
the
pack
at
its
two
top
corners
between
the
thumb
and
the
first
finger.
(See
Fig.
9.)
Now
extend
the
second,
third,
and
fourth
fingers,
which
will
carry
with
them
the
upper
half
of
the
pack.
As
soon
as
it
is
clear
of
the
lower
half,
again
close
the
fingers,
thereby
bringing
the
upper
packet
to
the
bottom.
(See
Fig.
10.)
This
mode
of
making
the
pass
may
be
employed
as
you
place
the
pack
on
the
table,
the
movement
for
that
purpose
serving
to
cover
that
by
which
the
cards
are
transposed.
If
no
table
is
at
hand
a
quick
movement
of
the
hand
and
arm
from
right
to
left,
at
the
moment
when
the
pass
is
made,
will
be
found
to
answer
equally
well.
Seventh
Method.
(With
the
right
hand.)--This
is
a
mere
makeshift
for
the
pass
proper,
though
its
effect
is
the
same.
It
is
performed
in
picking
up
the
cards
from
the
table
after
they
have
been
cut,
and
left,
as
is
usual,
in
two
heaps.
The
performer
picks
up,
as
in
the
ordinary
course,
the
bottom
half
of
the
pack
(which
should
properly
be
placed
uppermost
after
the
cut);
but,
instead
of
picking
them
up
in
the
usual
way,
he
picks
them
up
with
the
second,
third,
and
fourth
fingers
under,
and
the
first
finger
above
the
cards.
In
placing
them
apparently
upon
the
upper
heap,
he
tilts
up
the
right
hand
edge
of
that
heap
with
the
tip
of
the
first
finger,
and
with
the
remaining
fingers
slides
the
heap
he
already
holds
underneath
it
(see
Fig.
11),
so
that
the
cards
are
again
precisely
as
they
were
before
the
cut.
This
sham
mode
of
making
the
pass
is
rarely
used
by
conjurors,
but
is
said
to
be
frequently
employed
by
card-sharpers.
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