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he shuffle which goes by this interesting name is an excellent sleight which serves a number of purposes. It may be used as a genuine shuffle, as a method of controlling a card or a number of cards, as a force, or as a glimpse. It is not difficult and it is genuinely deceptive.

1. Hold the pack in your left hand between the top phalanges of the thumb and the middle, ring, and little fingers. Place the index finger at the outer end. Hold the pack a little toward your left side, at about waist level, the outer end sloping downwards.
Fig. 100

2. Grasp the inner end of the pack by its sides between the outermost phalanges of the right thumb and middle finger, with the index finger resting lightly on the top and the ring and little fingers free.

3. Move the left hand outwards, taking with it a few of the top cards gripped between the thumb and fingers (Fig. 100).

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