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It is many years since this shuffle was introduced to American conjurers; in those years it has become immensely popular since it is an easy and showy method of controlling a chosen card. The following new handling will be found to baffle even those who know the regular Hindu shuffle. Here is the procedure after a card has been drawn:

1. Hold the pack in the regular position for executing the Hindu shuffle, pull off about one-third of the pack with the left thumb and second finger, letting the packet fall into the left hand.

2. Have the selected card replaced on top of the cards in the left hand.

3. Pull off a small packet with the left fingers letting it fall on the first packet about half an inch inwards; that is to say, you injog the packet, Fig. 1.

4. Continue as in the regular Hindu shuffle but let all the following packets fall with their outer ends slightly irregular, thus covering the projecting packet.

5. Pick up the whole pack with the right thumb and second finger, first lifting the jogged packet slightly with the tip of the right third finger, making a break, and hold this break with the thumb and second finger.

6. Make the regular Hindu shuffle by pulling off packets from the top and letting them fall into the left hand until the break is reached, then let the last packet drop on top intact, thus bringing the chosen card to the top.

The formation of the break is completely covered by the action of putting the pack in the left hand to repeat the shuffle.