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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
578
A
duplicate
bird
is
beforehand
placed
in
the
hollow
die,
which
is
then
closed,
and
placed
either
upon
the
servante
or
in
one
of
the
secret
pockets
of
the
performer,
who,
having
borrowed
a
hat,
secretly
slips
the
hollow
die
into
it,
and
places
it
on
the
table
mouth
upwards.
He
now
brings
forward
and
offers
for
inspection
the
solid
die,
the
cover,
and
the
birdcage,
placing
the
latter
when
returned
upon
his
table,
rather
towards
the
hinder
edge.
“The
die,”
he
carelessly
remarks,
“I
will
place
in
this
hat”
(suiting
the
action
to
the
word);
“or,
better
still,
I
will
place
it
upon
this
tray,
so
that
you
may
be
able
to
keep
sight
of
it
throughout
the
trick.”
So
saying,
he
again
takes
out
apparently
the
same,
but
really
the
hollow
die,
and
places
it
on
the
tray
with
the
moveable
side
downwards,
in
such
manner
as
to
hook
the
turned-over
portion
of
that
side
into
the
open
edge
of
the
corresponding
square
upon
the
tray,
and
places
the
cover
over
it.
Handing
the
tray
to
his
assistant,
he
proceeds
to
cause
the
disappearance
of
the
birdcage
from
the
handkerchief,
as
already
described.
This
done,
he
advances
to
the
tray,
and
lifts
the
cover
with
the
hollow
die
within
it,
first,
however,
sliding
away
cover
and
die
together
towards
the
opposite
end
of
the
tray
(see
Fig.
256),
and
thereby
leaving
behind
upon
the
centre
of
the
tray
the
moveable
slide,
the
interior
of
which
is
japanned
so
as
to
correspond
with
the
centre
pattern
of
the
tray,
and
thus
does
not
attract
any
attention.
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