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The striking feature of this pass is that, with all the fingers of the left hand visible and the pack held in a perfectly natural position, no such sleight seems to be contemplated or even possible.

1. Place the pack vertically on its side in the left hand, the thumb at the upper side, so that it lies somewhat diagonally across the fingers with the outer corner resting on the middle phalange of the forefinger, the inner corner resting on the innermost phalange of the little finger. Let the four fingers curl over the side and their tips rest upon the back of the pack. The position is a natural one, all the fingers being exposed to the spectators’ view.

2. Place the right hand over the pack and break it with the thumb at the inner end. Press the little finger upwards forcing the soft flesh of its first phalange up into the break at the lower side near the inner corner. Remove the right thumb and the two packets will snap shut on the little pillow of flesh, which retains the break, Fig. 1.

3. Relax the pressure of the left fingers against the back of the upper packet and lower the left little finger very slightly, causing the two packets to fall a little apart; at the same moment grasp the ends of the lower packet, near the upper corners between the thumb and first and second fingers of the right hand. Alter the position of the left thumb from the top side of the pack to the middle joint of the right forefinger, Fig. 2. When the right hand is held in the position shown the two packets must always remain parallel to one another and thus must be transposed in a minimum of space. Note particularly that the two outermost joints of the right first and second fingers are at right angles to the remainder of the side of the hand.

4. Transpose the two packets by bending the right second finger inwards, causing the lower packet to pivot on the left forefinger and thumb; at the moment that the two packets clear one another, press the tips of the left fingers against the back of the upper packet thus completing the pass which is made very swiftly and well-nigh invisibly.

When a break is held by the tip of the left little finger in the usual fashion and a pass must be made, the right hand takes the pack at the ends, the thumb holding the break at the inner end. The pack is placed in the vertical position, on its side, in the left hand, the flesh of the little finger is forced into the break and the pass is made as described above.