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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
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The
reader
who
has
duly
followed
our
descriptions
of
the
appliances
employed
in
the
magic
art
will
have
little
difficulty
in
solving
the
riddle
of
this
trick.
The
performer
first
comes
forward
with
an
egg
palmed
in
one
hand,
and
with
a
small
rabbit
in
an
inner
breast-pocket
on
each
side
of
his
coat
(see
page
9).
The
first
step
is
the
pretended
finding
of
something
(it
is
not
stated
what)
in
the
hat.
The
owner
is
requested
to
take
it
out,
and
while
all
eyes
are
naturally
turned
to
see
what
the
article
may
prove
to
be,
the
performer,
without
apparent
intention,
presses
the
mouth
of
the
hat
with
both
hands
to
his
breast,
and
tilts
one
of
the
rabbits
into
it.
This
is
next
produced,
and
in
placing
it
on
the
ground
at
his
feet,
the
performer
brings
the
second
rabbit
in
the
same
manner
into
the
hat.
When
he
undertakes
to
pass
the
one
rabbit
into
the
other,
he
places
both
upon
the
table
which
contains
the
rabbit-trap,
and,
standing
sideways
to
the
audience,
pushes
the
hindmost,
under
cover
of
the
other,
through
the
trap.
This
particular
rabbit
is
not
again
produced,
the
rabbit
in
the
“bran
glass,”
which
has
already
been
explained
(see
page
383),
being
another
as
much
like
it
as
possible.
It
only
remains
to
explain
how
the
bran
comes
into
the
borrowed
hat.
This
is
effected
by
having
a
black
alpaca
bag
filled
with
bran
in
one
of
the
profondes
or
under
the
waistcoat
of
the
performer.
This
bag
is
introduced
into
the
hat
after
the
manner
of
the
goblets
(see
page
308),
and
the
bran
having
been
allowed
to
run
out,
the
bag
is
rolled
up
in
the
palm,
and
so
removed,
the
bran
remaining,
to
be
produced
in
due
course.
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