pages: latestmagicbeing00hoff.pdf, 141
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latestmagicbeing00hoff.pdf | 141 | Ine Or 120 tally across it, about halfway down. Through this a black pin, bent at the head, passes as shown in Fig. 22. In preparation for the trick a piece about three feet long of black plaited silk line, with a small wire ring at one end, is passed by the aid of a needle through the hole in the tray from the outer side; thence upward through the various sections of the pagoda, beginning with the undermost, till FIG. 22 it finally comes up through the head. After the needle has been drawn off, the end of the thread is formed into a loop, which is passed over the cross- pin before mentioned. The thread is then drawn taut from below, the several segments of the pagoda resting fairly one upon another in the cen- tre of the tray. The intermediate portion of the thread is drawn up till the little ring at the outer end comes close to the tray, and is laid upon it in |