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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
interior
of
the
table
should
be
well
padded
with
wadding
or
hay,
that
the
animal
may
not
be
hurt
by
its
sudden
descent.
Each
of
the
traps
above-mentioned
should
be
so
made
as
to
be
capable
of
being
secured,
when
necessary,
by
a
bolt,
or
there
would
be
considerable
risk
of
a
trap
giving
way
unexpectedly
under
any
article
carelessly
placed
on
it.
The
mode
of
bolting,
however,
varies
considerably.
Some
traps
are
fastened
by
little
bolts
on
the
under
side,
which,
being
only
get-at-able
from
the
inside
of
the
table,
must
be
bolted
or
unbolted
for
good
before
the
curtain
rises,
occasioning
considerable
embarrassment
in
the
case
of
a
slip
of
the
memory.
Others
again
are
secured
by
means
of
long
bolts,
or
wire
rods
extending
across
the
under
surface
of
the
top
of
the
table,
each
terminating
in
a
hook
at
the
back,
within
reach
of
the
performer’s
hand.
A
third,
and,
we
think,
the
best,
plan
is
to
have
the
bolt
(as
shown
in
Figs.
261
and
262,
and
therein
marked
c)
worked
backwards
and
forwards
by
means
of
a
little
pin
projecting
upwards
through
the
surface
plate
and
the
cloth
of
the
table.
By
the
adoption
of
this
plan
the
performer
is
enabled
to
draw
back
the
bolt
with
the
finger-tip
in
the
very
act
of
placing
the
article
upon
the
trap.
It
will
readily
suggest
itself
to
the
reader
that
some
provision
must
be
made
within
the
table
for
making
the
various
articles
drop
noiselessly
through
the
traps.
The
best
plan
of
effecting
this
is
to
use
what
is
called
a
“railway.”
This
is
a
wooden
frame
just
large
enough
to
lie
within
the
table,
with
a
piece
of
black
serge
or
alpaca
stretched
all
over
its
under
side.
This
is
so
placed
within
the
table,
as
to
slope
gently
down
to
the
level
of
the
servante,
with
a
fall
of
three
or
four
inches.
Any
article
dropped
through
a
trap
will
not
only
fall
noiselessly
upon
the
surface
of
the
stretched
alpaca,
but
will
immediately
roll
down
the
incline
towards
the
servante,
so
that
it
is
instantly
get-at-able,
should
the
performer
have
occasion
to
reproduce
the
same
article
at
a
later
stage
of
the
trick.
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