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This very ingenious method of palming cards from the bottom of a deck can be used with a full deck but it is most useful in cases where it is necessary to steal a few cards from the bottom of a small packet. We will take the latter case first and suppose that three cards are to be palmed from the bottom of a packet of ten cards. The moves follow:

a. 1. Hold the packet of ten cards face outwards in the right hand between the thumb at the lower left corner and the four fingers on the upper end, the little finger holding a break between the three cards to be stolen and the packet of seven cards above them. Press on the ends of the cards bending them inwards towards the palm, Fig. 1.

2. Spread the first and little fingers in opposite directions, the first finger towards the left, the little finger towards the right, carrying their respective packets with them, and move the second and third fingers to the right until the side of the top joint of the second finger rests against the side of the upper packet just below the upper right corner, Fig. 2. These two fingers with the little finger cover the removal of the three bottom cards.

3. Slide the first finger along the top edge of the upper packet and clip the seven cards by their right upper corners against the first joint of the second finger, Fig. 3.

4. Let the inner end of the upper packet slip free from the thumb, leaving the seven cards held only by the top joints of the first and second fingers. Bend the thumb inwards, pushing the three cards into the hand, and palm them by bending the second, third and fourth fingers on them and, at the same moment, press the point of the thumb against the upper index corner of the other packet, turning it upwards into a vertical position, face inwards, Fig. 4.

The action of the palm takes place in moving the right hand a little downwards and towards the left, for example, in placing the packet in the left hand or in giving it to a spectator to wrap up in a handkerchief.