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practicalmagicia00harr.pdf | 21 | THE PRACTICAL MAGICIAN. 11 right hand is brought toward the left hand, but only appears to grasp it. Fig. 3. First Position of Pass 2.1 SECOND POSITION. The left hand secretes the object in its palm, while the fingers are allowed to fall loosely down, appearing to retain nothing under them. At the very same moment the right hand must be closed, and remain in shape as if containing the object, with the second joints of the fingers pointed toward the spectators, and the back of the hand toward the ground. The performer then holding his right hand forward, may blow on it and say "Change FIG. 4. Second Position of Pass 2. -fly," and opening that hand, the spectator deems the object has passed away from it, though in fact it has remained all along in the left hand. The illusion in either of these passes is, that the spectator seeing both hands move as if the object were passing from one to the other, thinks it has done so ; whereas, in fact, the object |