A CARD having been chosen, its duplicate brought to the top, the card itself replaced in the pack and the pack squared up, have a number called, suppose it is fifteen, and announce that you will make the card pass magically to that number. First, however, show that it is not already at that number by dealing off fourteen cards on to the table, reversing their order and bringing the duplicate to the bottom of the fourteen cards. Show the fifteenth card and replace it on the cards in the left hand but so placed that about an inch of the right-hand side overlaps the rest of the cards. Pick up the fourteen cards from the table and apparently place them on the top of the left-hand portion, really slip them under the overlapping card, thus bringing the duplicate card to the fifteenth position as required.