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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
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When
the
number
named
is
more
than
half
the
total
number
of
the
pack,
i.e.,
more
than
16
in
a
piquet
pack,
or
more
than
26
in
a
whist
pack,
it
is
quicker,
and
has
precisely
the
same
effect,
to
count
off
the
difference
between
that
and
the
total
number
from
the
top,
and
place
them
at
the
bottom.
Thus,
in
a
piquet
pack,
if
the
number
called
be
12,
you
would
count
off
12
from
the
bottom,
and
place
them
on
the
top;
but
if
the
number
called
were
24
you
would
achieve
the
same
object
by
counting
8
from
the
top,
and
passing
them
to
the
bottom.
In
all
tricks
which
depend
on
the
naming
of
a
card
drawn
or
thought
of,
it
adds
greatly
to
the
effect
to
have
the
card
named
before
you
turn
it
up.
This
trick,
unlike
most,
will
bear
repetition;
but
it
is
well
on
a
second
performance
to
vary
it
a
little.
Thus
you
may
on
the
second
occasion
say,
when
the
card
has
been
thought
of,
“I
will
choose
for
myself
this
time;
your
card
will
appear
at
number
30.”
It
is
desirable
to
name
a
number
very
near
the
total
number
of
the
pack
(which
we
are
now
supposing
to
be
a
piquet
pack),
as
the
difference
between
that
and
the
total
number
being
very
small,
it
is
easy
to
see
at
a
glance
the
number
of
cards
representing
such
difference,
and
pass
them
to
the
bottom
of
the
pack.
You
take
in
this
instance
two
cards
only,
that
being
the
difference
between
30
and
32,
and
pass
them
to
the
bottom,
when
the
card
will,
as
you
have
announced,
be
the
thirtieth.
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