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several persons (as many as there are pairs on the table) to look at different pairs, and remember what cards compose them. You then take up the cards in the order in which they have been placed, and replace them with their faces uppermost upon the table, according to the situation of the letters in the following word:—
| M | U | T | U | S |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| D | E | D | I | T |
| 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| N | O | M | E | N |
| 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
| C | O | C | I | S |
| 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
These words, which have no particular meaning, contain ten letters repeated, or two of each sort. You, therefore, ask each person which row or rows the cards he looked at are in, if he says the first, they must be the second and fourth in that row; these being the only duplicates in them; if he says the second and fourth, they must be the ninth and nineteenth, and so of all the rest. This amusement, which is very simple, and requires very little practice, will excite considerable astonishment in the uninformed.
to call, any number of cards from a pack.
Take up a pack of cards, and carelessly notice the bottom card in the pack, then pretend to shuffle them well, but be careful to shuffle that particular card (say the ace of diamonds) always as the top card, then desire any of the party to cut them into three packs; when done, call for the ace of diamonds at any of the packs but the one which you know contains it at the top. Of course it will be quite a different card, (say the nine of clubs;) then call for that at the next, which will be different again, (say the jack of spades;) then call for it at the pack which you know contains the ace of diamonds, and you can then produce the whole of those called for. Be careful to throw them on the table in the order yon called for them, and this will appear a fine trick.
three dice being thrown on a table, to tell the number of each of them, and the order in which they stand.
Let the person who has thrown the dice double the number of that next to his left hand, and add five to that sum; then multiply that amount by five, and to the product add the number of the middle dice, then let the whole be multiplied
