THE CARDS NAMED, DISCOVERED WITH THE EYES BLINDED.
A pack of cards are caused to be drawn by some person. A person arriving in the room names all the cards just drawn, without making the least mistake with regard to their colour, number, &c.
Explanation.—The cards are disposed as we observed before. The conjurer having, unnoticed, observed the card drawn, he informs his agent, even at the very instant he promises he will take particular care he or his agent shall know nothing about it: he says he will not speak a word while his agent names the cards, and that the person who holds them shall be confined to show them to the company, by saying this is such and such a card, &c. It is in this last phrase he names the card, which is underneath; his accomplice, who hears him, and who knows by heart the disposition of the pack, names the cards which follow it; that is to say, for instance, if he is given to understand that the 19th is underneath, he names the 10th, the 17th, &c. Having mentioned the whole pack, his friend, who, during this time, never speaks a word, resumes the use of his speech, and begs of the person who had chosen them, to ask what are the others that remain unnamed; the confederate is informed by this question that there is not one remaining, and answers accordingly.