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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
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Professor Hoffmann
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Second
Method.
(To
keep
a
particular
card
in
view.)--Bring
the
card
in
question,
as
before
directed,
to
the
top
of
the
pack.
Take
the
pack
in
the
left
hand,
holding
it
upright
on
its
side,
the
edges
of
the
cards
resting
on
the
palm,
the
four
fingers
(which
should
be
slightly
moistened)
being
at
the
back
or
top,
and
the
thumb
on
the
face
of
the
pack.
Now,
with
the
thumb
and
middle
finger
of
the
right
hand
(see
Fig.
12)
lift
out
edgeways
that
portion
of
the
cards
which
now
forms
the
middle
of
the
pack,
and
drop
them
by
packets
of
five
or
six
at
a
time
upon
the
face
of
the
cards
remaining
in
the
left
hand,
moving
aside
the
left
thumb
to
allow
of
their
passage.
The
pressure
of
the
fingers
will
always
keep
the
top
card
in
its
place,
however
many
of
the
remaining
cards
you
lift
out
with
the
right
hand;
and
as
you
only
shuffle
on
to
the
face
of
the
pack,
however
often
you
repeat
the
process,
this
card
will
still
remain
at
the
top.
Third
Method.--(To
retain
the
whole
pack
in
a
pre-arranged
order.)--Take
the
pack
in
the
left
hand,
slide
off
with
the
left
thumb
five
or
six
of
the
top
cards
into
the
right
hand,
and
place
the
remaining
cards
by
parcels
of
five
or
six
at
a
time
(apparently)
alternately
above
and
below
these
first
cards,
as
in
the
ordinary
mode
of
shuffling.
We
say
apparently,
for
in
reality,
although
you
go
through
the
motion
of
placing
every
alternate
packet
above
the
cards
in
the
right
hand,
you
do
not
leave
it
there,
but
draw
it
back
again
with
the
thumb
on
to
the
top
of
the
cards
in
the
left
hand,
and
then
place
it,
by
your
next
movement,
under
the
cards
in
the
right
hand.
The
result
is,
that
the
cards
in
the
left
hand,
instead
of
being
placed
alternately
above
and
below
the
cards
in
the
right
hand,
are
really
all
placed
below,
and
in
precisely
the
same
order
which
they
occupied
at
first.
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