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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
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Professor Hoffmann
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The
cards
of
the
right-hand
packet
are
darkened
in
the
figure
for
the
better
distinguishing
of
the
two
packets,
though
there
would,
of
course,
be
no
such
difference
of
shade
in
the
original.
Fifth
Method.
(To
retain
the
whole
pack
in
a
pre-arranged
order.)--Make
the
pass
so
as
to
bring
the
lower
half
of
the
pack
uppermost.
Take
the
pack
in
the
right
hand,
keeping
the
two
portions
of
the
pack
separated
by
the
little
finger
of
that
hand.
Hold
the
cards
face
downwards
a
few
inches
from
the
table,
and
let
fall,
by
five
or
six
at
a
time,
those
cards
which
now
form
the
lower
half
of
the
pack.
You
should
so
arrange
that
these
cards
form
four
little
heaps,
falling
in
the
order
indicated
by
the
accompanying
figure
(Fig.
14).
Thus
the
bottom
cards
must
fall
at
1,
the
next
lowest
at
2,
the
next
(comprising
all
that
remain
of
the
lower
packet)
at
3,
and
the
remaining
cards
(being
the
whole
of
the
upper
part)
at
4.
Now
(with
the
left
hand)
quickly
place
packet
1
on
packet
4,
and
(with
the
right
hand)
packet
2
on
packet
1,
and
finally
(with
the
left
hand)
packet
3
on
the
top
of
all,
when
the
cards
will
occupy
precisely
the
same
relative
positions
as
at
first.
The
use
of
the
two
hands
alternately,
coupled
with
the
rapidity
of
the
performer,
gives
to
his
motions
an
appearance
of
carelessness
which
effectually
baffles
the
spectators,
and
prevents
their
suspecting
that
the
heaps
are
re-arranged
in
any
determinate
order.
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