The Multiple Cut

Hold the pack in the left hand on its side, upright, the bottom card facing the audience, the first joint of the thumb on the outer end of the pack and the lower side of the pack resting on the palm and across it. The pack being held by the pressure of the thumb, the lower corner of the pack opposite end, held by the thumb should rest against the fleshy part of the palm, about midway between the base of the little finger and the wrist.

1. Let a few cards fall forward on to the palm from the bottom as in Fig. 54. Push the first joints of the first and little fingers under them, then straighten the fingers, as in Fig. 55, carrying the cards away and turning them face up.

2. By slightly relaxing the pressure of the thumb at the end of the pack let a second packet fall face down on to the palms as in Fig. 56.
   
3. Bend the fingers inward and place the cards they hold on top of the cards on the palm.

4. Grip the packet thus formed and carry it outwards by straightening the fingers as in move No. 1.

5. Drop another packet from the face of the deck and again bend the fingers inward, depositing the cards they hold, then seizing the augmented packet and carrying it away.

These movements are repeated until the cards held by the thumb are exhausted; smoothness rather than speed should be aimed at.