Modern magic : A practical treatise on the art of conjuring. . ement is thesame. Fifth Method. (With the left hand.)—Take the cards in the left handas before. In-sert the thirdfinger above thecards which areto be broughtto the top (andwhich now formthe lower halfof the pack),and close theremaining threefingers on thetop of the pack.(See Fig. I,but suppose theFig. 7. third finger in- serted in place of the fourth.) Now extend the fingers, which will make theupper part of the pack describe a semicircle (see Fig. 7), and at thesame moment press downward with the thumb the left top cornerof the lo
Modern magic : A practical treatise on the art of conjuring. . ement is thesame. Fifth Method. (With the left hand.)—Take the cards in the left handas before. In-sert the thirdfinger above thecards which areto be broughtto the top (andwhich now formthe lower halfof the pack),and close theremaining threefingers on thetop of the pack.(See Fig. I,but suppose theFig. 7. third finger in- serted in place of the fourth.) Now extend the fingers, which will make theupper part of the pack describe a semicircle (see Fig. 7), and at thesame moment press downward with the thumb the left top cornerof the lower packet. This will tilt up the opposite end of the lowerpacket, and give room, as you again close the fingers, for the upperpacket to pass into the lower place. (See Fig. 8.) To bring theoriginal upper packet (, the one with the six of hearts at thebottom) from the position indicated in Fig. 7 to that which it occu-pies in Fig. 8, it is pressed slightly forward with the middle finger,and is thereby made to perform a semi-revolution, the third finger. MODERN MAGIC. 9 acting as pivot. The packet is by this means turned over endways,, that end of the packet which was originally nearest to the per-former is now farthest from him, and vice versa. The movement isby no means easy to describe, but if followed step by step with thecards, will be readily understood. This method of making the pass has a peculiarity which rendersit specially useful in certain cases. When the upper half of thepack describes a semicircle, as above mentioned, the bottom card ofsuch half is in full view ofthe performer, though thespectators see only the backsof the cards. The per-former thus becomes ac-quainted, unknown to hisaudience, with that cardwhich, after the pass, be-comes the bottom card ofthe pack; which know-ledge may occasionally bevery useful. The move-ment of the cards in thismode of making the passis very noticeable j but thecircular sweep taken by theupper packet so confusesthe eye
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