[Clarke, William], 1800-1838 · Boston, Munroe and Francis · leaf 160
it. This feat should be done by night, with a candle placed be-tween the spectators and the operator, their eyes being thereby hinderedfrom discerning the deception. THE FASCINATED BIRD. Take any bird, and lay it on a table; then wave a small feather overits eyes, and it will appear as dead, but… … LEGERDEMAIN 157 TO LIFT A BOTTLE WITH A STRAW. Take a straw, and having bent the thicker end of it in a sharp angle^as the figure subjoined, put this curved end into a bottle, so that the bentpart may rest against its side; you maythen take the other end and lift up the bot-tle by it, without…
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