Modern magic : A practical treatise on the art of conjuring. . ual neck. The cavity at the bottom ofthe bottle is filled with a resinous cement, insuch manner as only to leave room for one ofthe larger balls. The tube is beforehand filledwith port or claret, and placed in the bottle itself, which, if not naturally opaque,must be rendered so by an interior coatingof black japan, should be nearly filled withwater. Thus prepared, it is brought forwardand placed on the table. The balls are dis-posed as follows: the two white ones in theleft pochette of the performer, the two red ones and
Modern magic : A practical treatise on the art of conjuring. . ual neck. The cavity at the bottom ofthe bottle is filled with a resinous cement, insuch manner as only to leave room for one ofthe larger balls. The tube is beforehand filledwith port or claret, and placed in the bottle itself, which, if not naturally opaque,must be rendered so by an interior coatingof black japan, should be nearly filled withwater. Thus prepared, it is brought forwardand placed on the table. The balls are dis-posed as follows: the two white ones in theleft pochette of the performer, the two red ones and the parti-colouredball in the pochette on the other side. Coming forward to the audience, the performer produces the largewhite ball, either as described in the first form of the trick, or fromhis wand in manner described at page 276. While showing it in hisleft hand, he drops the right hand to his side, and palms the large redball. Laying the white ball on his table, he remarks, I have here abottle of wine. We will begin by testing its genuineness. He lifts. Fig. 258. MODERN MAGIC. the bottle by the neck with the left hand, immediately transferring itto the right (which grasps it round the bottom), and introduces be-neath it the red ball, which is thenceforth kept in position by the littlefinger. Taking in the other hand a wine-glass (which should be ofsuch a size as just to contain the contents of the tube), he fills it withwine, and hands it to one of the company. In returning to his table,he secretly withdraws the tube. (This is easily done by grasping thebottle round the neck with the left hand, and gently drawing it down-wards with the right, the turned over portion of the tube beingclipped by the finger and thumb of the left hand, in which it naturallyremains.) As the performer passes behind the table, he gets rid ofthe tube by dropping it on the servante. In placing the bottle on thetable, he is of course careful not to expose the red ball underneath the white
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