Modern magic : A practical treatise on the art of conjuring. . Fig. 146. Fig. 147. just described, save that the birdcages, unlike the drums, are liftedout by the solid and not the loose ends, which fall down of their ownaccord. Those in most general use, however, are of the shapeshown in Fig. 146, and are alike in size, measuring about six inchesin height, by five in breadth and depth. The bottom is made toslide upwards on the upright wires which form the sides. Whenit is desired to prepare the cage for use, a canary is first placed there- $12 MODERN in, and the bottom is then pushed
Modern magic : A practical treatise on the art of conjuring. . Fig. 146. Fig. 147. just described, save that the birdcages, unlike the drums, are liftedout by the solid and not the loose ends, which fall down of their ownaccord. Those in most general use, however, are of the shapeshown in Fig. 146, and are alike in size, measuring about six inchesin height, by five in breadth and depth. The bottom is made toslide upwards on the upright wires which form the sides. Whenit is desired to prepare the cage for use, a canary is first placed there- $12 MODERN in, and the bottom is then pushed upas far as it will go (see Fig. 147), the sides, which work on hingesat a a a a, being folded one byone upon the bottom, the cagefinally assuming the shape shownin Fig. 148. It is in this conditionthat the cages, generally three innumber, are introduced into thehat, either from the servants orpIO I43 from inside the vest of the per- former ; and in the act of liftingout (which is done by the wire loop at top), the sides and bottomfalling down, the cage again becomes as in Fig. 146. The Cake (or Pudding) in the Hat»—This is an old andfavourite hat trick. The necessary apparatus consists of two parts—first, a round tin pan a (see Fig. 149), four inches in depth, andtapering from live inches at its greatest to four and a half inches at itssmallest diameter. It is open at each end, but isdivided into two parts by a horizontal partition atabout two-thirds of its depth. Second, a larger tinjapanned to taste, five and a half inches in depth,and so shap
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