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practicalmagicia00harr.pdf | 20 | 10 THE PRACTICAL MAGICIAN. FIG. 1. Ellie First Position of Pass 1. SECOND POSITION OF PASS 1. The left hand must appear to close over the object that is brought toward it, at the same instant that the right hand se- cretes and withdraws that object. The left hand that appeared to receive it must continue closed. The right hand, though it actually retains the object, must be allowed to hang loosely over it, so that it appears to have nothing in it. FIG. 2. Second Position of Pass 1. The performer then may blow upon the closed left hand, and may say, "Fly," or "Begone," or any similar expression, and then open his left hand, holding it forward. Of course there is nothing in it, and the object seems to have flown from it, and the spectators are much surprised. SECOND PASS.-Method of apparently transferring an object from the left hand to the right, while retaining it in the left hand. FIRST POSITION. Let the left hand hold up the object in its open palm. The |