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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
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It
is
obvious
that
the
trick
may
be
varied
in
many
ways.
The
following
is
an
effective
modification:--A
rabbit
having
been
produced
by
natural
or
supernatural
means,
is
placed
on
the
principal
table
(close
to
the
hinder
edge),
and
temporarily
covered
with
a
borrowed
hat,
while
the
performer
goes
in
search
of
a
sheet
of
paper,
which
when
obtained,
he
spreads
upon
a
small
side
table.
Lifting
the
hat
slightly,
he
takes
out
the
rabbit,
and
walking
with
it
to
the
side
table,
rolls
it
up
in
the
paper,
making
a
somewhat
bulky
parcel.
Coming
forward
with
this
to
the
audience,
he
turns
toward
the
principal
table,
and
saying,
“Now,
ladies
and
gentlemen,
if
you
watch
me
very
closely,
you
will
see
the
rabbit
fly
out
of
the
paper,
and
back
to
the
hat.”
He
crushes
the
paper
together
between
his
hands,
and
tearing
it,
shows
it
empty,
while
on
lifting
the
hat
the
rabbit
is
again
found
safely
ensconced
beneath
it.
The
ingenious
reader
will
readily
guess
that
duplicate
rabbits
are
employed.
One
of
them
is
placed
under
the
hat,
and
remains
there
throughout
the
trick.
A
second,
of
similar
appearance,
is
placed
in
a
box
or
basket
on
the
servante,
immediately
behind
the
hat.
This
box
has
no
lid,
but
is
pushed
until
wanted
just
within
the
interior
of
the
table,
the
top
of
which
prevents
the
rabbit
making
a
premature
appearance.
The
performer,
slightly
raising
the
hat,
as
though
to
take
the
rabbit
from
under
it,
lifts
up
this
second
rabbit,
which
the
spectators
naturally
believe
to
be
the
same
which
they
have
already
seen,
and
in
apparently
wrapping
it
in
paper
on
the
side
table,
presses
it,
under
cover
of
the
paper,
through
the
rabbit
trap,
and
screws
up
the
ends
of
the
paper
(which
should
be
rather
stiff)
in
such
manner
as
to
make
it
appear
that
the
animal
is
still
inside
it.
The
same
trick
may
be
performed
with
a
pigeon
with
equally
good
effect,
and
considerably
less
difficulty.
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