KITES
How
to
Make
..AND...
How
Fly Them*
to
By
J. VARNEY,
GEDRGE
AsBOclate
Member
of the
Aeronautical
Boston.
PUBLISHED
GEO.
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Tremont
H.
Street
Society.
BY
WALKER
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1807,
Copyright,
by
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Boston.
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mall
a
of
and
wall,
stone
at
last
tangling it
in
up
hedge
strong
a
thorn.
Several
Maine,
County,
into
the
years
air
and
brook
of
set
1895
Winona,
wind,
jerked
down
and
But
while
*'
he
a
caused
across
a
let the
kite go.
he
that
launching
large
KITE.
that
reported
huge
hundred
the
borne
FRANKLIN
papers
Franklin
bathing,
"
BEN
in
in
frightened
exploiting
two
succeeded
kite, was
western
ducked
Ben
so
in Kennebec
current
was
who
boy
a
down
the
in
story
twelve-foot
a
THE
In
the
ago
kite,
feet
up
by
was,
in
the
citizen
a
a
gust
air, then
of
of
let
river.
did
his
than
better
kite
to
draw
this;
him
for
across
once,
the
thus
river,
himself
saving
the
exertion
of
paddling
and
kicking.
KITES*
BOYS'
The
into
his
in the
base
ball, his
sled,
are
and
jolly
make
to
easy
In
making
of
thin
this
the
on
wood.
elasticity
For
pine.
kites
strips and
often
taken
the
that
For
of
kite
a
the
tened
are
of
been
have
these
tubes
tried
good
so
of
lightness
if
black
Split
because
of
oak
or
do
bow
basket
will
rattan
its twist
and
white
For
long.
ash
as
will
bamboo
split
for
results
straight-grained
good.
are
not
its lack
and
of
an
but
rounded,
frame,
a
straight,
be
in
grain running
with
the
of
should
care
and
stick,
that
the
half
feet
dry.
feet
should
not
for
length
the
is,they should
quarter
which
Small
strength,
forms,
are
three
sticks
square,
that
arrow.
essentials,"
frame.
easily
too
material
thoroughly
is
wide,
the
sticks
the
direction
wood
kites
with
elasticity.
selecting
In
bend
satisfactory,
uniform
in
then
curving
and
first two
given
this
split bamboo
prove
the
kites, strips
they
other
or
The
not
to
bow
three
aluminum,
whitewood,
but
his
are
of
have
small
well;
very
of
is
there
of
Next
kite
a
in its turn,
boys'
balance.
also
wants
run
fly.
to
and
but
purpose,
spruce
these
of
construction
steel, and
and
skates
kite
a
strength, lightness
depend
his
forms
He
round,
easy
usually
not
foregoing.
same
several
does
boy
the
as
operate
will
There
American
vagaries
such
that
the
of
taste
so
long
be
in the
thick
as
be
less
inch
thick.
may
be
and
of
form
a
than
The
rubbed
and
two
slightly
a
lead
common
half
a
inch
an
pencil,
wide
should
corners
slightly
to
flat*
"
and
a
be
not
the
remove
sharpness.
for
The
newspapers
kite
coverings;
cheap
paper
muslin
and
which
tracing
made
now
thin, tough
is
cloth
suitable.
are
also
are
not
manila
Bond
good
strong
being
paper,
; but
the
enough
the
only
nainsook
cheapest
of
is
them
Tissue
in
feet
three
and
bushes
in
makes
paper
length,
but
in
the
fulness
is
given
prepare
saturated
be
The
front,
that
the
because
of
in
readily
power
not
over
all
from
tatters
added
be
kite
is
weight,
the
kite
will
paper
kites;
muslin
or
a
lightly
folded
from
the
These
the
threads,
the
covering,
increased;
the
but
a
but,
ascend
not
and
as
silk
thinnest
four-foot
silesia
thin
margin
good.
between
through
be
on
of
also
the
small
should
ones
folding
spaces
cloth
weather,
should
is
the
to
kite.
brushed
silk
place;
side
one
paper
the
Only
it in
properly loose)
of
for
of
blue,
Cherry
kite
of
color
changes
color
in the
in
cloudy
a
partially
red
from
against
but
its
at
a
its real
green
is
coverings
in
kite
a
fresh
considering.
worth
easily distinguished
most
complementary
Light
of
ings
cover-
wind.
is the
eye
is
wet
wax
these
Oiled
winds.
color
heights,
and
best
the
the
in
flying
passing
nainsook
a
steady
the
paper.
into
them
covering
of
the
lifting
its color
to
away
hold
balance
reverse
from
the
bear
its
kept
of
from
in
wind
light
Dark
by
the
"
light enough
The
The
Isites
which
paraffine
flyers.
the
prevent
Black
one
varnished,
by closing
treatments,
and
makes
for
paper
fair-weather
would
rend
sliding
the
melted
with
to
to
kite
a
evenly.
are
would
the
(when
coverings should
so
be
can
winds,
destroying
thus
To
silk
brisk
in
winds
light
other,
Chinese
flying
for
for
they
which
stubble,
thin
Very
back
if
"
manila
as
for
covering
good
a
costly
as
order.
short
and
twice
than
more
sky
in
a
certain
sky,
blue
curious.
the
The
angle
form
color
to
but
gains
re-
spaces.
sky is usually
in
heights.
black,
appears
sunshiny
color
edges.
quite
are
all
at
the
surrounded
fringes
of
tending
ex-
darkens
at
sun-rays
it shows
great
color.
becomes
invisible
at
a
less
height
than
pale blue.
A
kite
paper
of
a
buff
covering
stain
"
which
had
which
proved
received
one
insufficient
cation
applito
the
saturate
paper
showed
"
soiled
a
tint
green
in
the
sunshine.
THE
OF
width
whose
kite
A
FRAME
is
length
is
with
tail,the cross-stick
a
rarely
the
of
top
(below
the
more
wind
No
notches
the
sticks
the
and
tested
to
cross-stick
When
obtained
(which
the
of
to
prevent
in
strong
Bad
irregular
; and
cross-piece,
the
two
A
their
of
coating
A
any
similar
part
of
when
coating
of the
kite
where
should
be
necessary
its
through
of
the
is
kite
it from
a
the
will
like
cord
quite
the
as
string.
bow-
a
follow
to
sure
retained
be
applied
the
bow,
a
may
better
fly
any
shape
of
the
kite
of
bow
or
keel
curves
of
the
latter
on
result.
same
better
the
form
the
varnish
shellac
shape
proper
the
bent
kite, whether
in
difference
frame
crossing)
kite
is
renders
Malay
have
is
kite
the
tightened sufficiently
bow
a
weaken
be
the
The
by
which
will
sides
stick
the
in the
any
atmosphere.
frames
causes
they
varnish
glue
are
has
in
flown
is also
damp
a
advantage
an
been
retain
to
used,
for
a
reason.
The
kite
The
in
sticks
the
be
cross-piece
downward.
behavior
in
twist
to
if the
corners.
kite
sides
near
two
or
suspending
by
should
The
on
other
two
slipping.
straight"-grained
a
the
done
is
the
the
tail.
four
it may
or
backbone
more
winds
of
sticks
two
this
kite),
would
covering
way
be
the
any
side
convex
one
can
from
rising
obtain
balance
a
these
the
one
the
quite dry,
To
the
way
mid-
as
is from
of
with
of
as
the
become
balance.
for
binding
When
has
paste
here,
cut
nmch.
too
binding.
in
be
in
require
each
furnished
low
as
length
together
in
be
its
of
cross-stick
the
it
bound
twine
should
slip the
cord
be
hard
small,
of
turns
will
is to
the
of
fourths
placed
further
resistance
three
kite
a
be
mar
the
KITE.
than
If
seventeenth
a
should
sticks
less
flyer.
but
height,
the
two
good
a
A
should
cord
be
which
as
about
goes
strong
as
the
the
of
circumference
string by
which
the
the
flyer
kite, and,
the
holds
sticli,is
each
end
of
each,
side
of
the
of
lower
end,
tail
the
the
and
removed
the
of the
notch
at
of
the
downward
which
is to
than
more
left
be
be
one
stick, except
should
inch
cord
line
and
and
made
the
the
at
to
fasten
the
to
outside
then
the
is then
folded
the
on
inch
below
frame
margins
adhere
laid
should
paper
The
be
one
frame
of
the
to
about
The
marked.
again
paper
marked
sides
two
the
at
cut
be
cord.
the
it is to
complete
should
bounding
the
the
end
one
is
frame
which
covering,
on
about
be
end
or
side
not
to
on.
When
stick
the
a
front
same
should
from
where
the
on
end
in
knot
flying, the
notches
inch
an
half
a
being
when
Tiie
fourth
by
little softer
a
from
cord, passing
knot
the
be
larger, might
fastened
kite
covered.
of
Tliis
harm.
without
if
be
cross-
placed
closely
inside
paper
over
by
a
paste.
Home-made
the
the
covering
similarly
be
mucilage
is best
of
all.
that
the
it is found
When
the
next
straight
has
the
length,
but
to
kites
it
secure
a
The
rubbing.
kite
that
ball
above
the
and
pasted
is
This
with
the
that
is
be
to
this
kite
stand
not
set
in
are
to
side
drawn
side.
It
slackness.
by crinkling
usually done
but
last,
the
on
side
the
not
perceptible weakening
down
should
hands,
will
as
properly
with
over
paste
the
cross-piece
from
better
fly
uniformly
paper
is
frame
loose
good
so
covering
thoroughly.
into
without
cut
The
oovcHng
it
and
also.
found
It is easy
the
marked
frame,
on
been
sides
two
bookbinder's
serve,
is not
good liquid glue
but
will
paste
better, stationers'
is
by
ing
crush-
without
any
this
strong
treatment
enough
for
covering.
The
fonn
Kite,
which
ready
which
be tied
of
now
for
the
in
use.
kite
a
whose
kite
Is known
described
it
flour
the
as
this
string
slight
Common
needs
only
In
construction
or
notch
a
kite
holding
in
the
9
Diamond,
bridle
one
has
and
a
end
of
cord
is
longer
just
the
Cross
or
tail to
render
bridle
attached)
stick
about
been
(to
is to
half-
end
the
between
way
is attached
end.
in
end
similarly
In
some
the
balance,
of the
loop
at
of
lower
point
the
bridle
in the
should
reach
either
end
(that
held
kite.
flying
fastening.
of
not
about
This
kite
the
10
the
one
one
KITE.
other
end
near
of
arrangement
Kites.
The
slack
quite sufficient
flying
kite) should
third
its
to
coixl
be
length
necessarily passes
each
fastening, and
bridle
at
ity
peculiar-
fasten
to
The
cross-stick.
person
covering
the
Keel
but
a
CROSS
is the
and
almost
the
of
and
other
the
at the lower
to
better
This
loop, usually
upper
the
the
the
from
through
cross-stick
the
to
owing
OR
the
be
quite
not
DIAMOND
by
fastened
the
but
found
been
Malay, Eddy
loop
the
it has
COMMON
the
of
to
near
top, and
the
instances, however,
OP
FRAME
and
6r6dd-6tick
it is best
paste
hole
their
be
bob
At
E.
Mr.
on
a
ologist and
their
string being
knotted
position
end.
thin
of
at the
end
steady
of
or
a
of
weight
take
just
cord
the
or
the
in
has
has
tail and
from
THE
KITE
the
This
should
very
and
in every
cone
placed
on
kite,
hold
top,
by
the
in
them
large
or
material
hoop
a
diameter
of
found
kite.
length
In
f""und
of
The
any
proper
tail and
the
tiie
kite
scientific
the
far
liftingpower
of
use
of
cone
sufficient
The
steady.
pull
ficient
suf-
are
single large
been
been
wind
of
best.
it
on
the
kite.
STRING,
be
strong
considerable
greatly
to
of
English
enough
case.
the
the
or
cups
the
the
A
kite
size
amount
cord,
of
the
holding
cup
of
operating
against it.
of
experiment
that
because
feet
should
wire.
kite.
foot
seven
about
invention
stiffened
be
inches
two
cups
and
are
firm
of
bookbinders'
between
The
ter
if not
may
almost
paper
end
strings crossing
cup,
of
or
cones
small
be
tassel.
a
towards
the
and
there
tail
the
should
accomplished
an
and
of
cord,
is the
form
twenty
form
long
cloth
of
ends
about
form,
or
of
to
these
the
These
larger
several
kite-flyingthe
or
This
the
tail is in
matter
a
covering
nearness
kite
unruly si^-foot Malay
an
proportions
is
of
six
of
and
form
cord.
two
to
these
a
of
tail
circular
basketing
for
kind
top
its
Five
to
also,
The
hold
to
;
end
aeronaut..
with
tail
the
Archibald,
Douglass
meteoi
the
the
to
inches
the
is the
form
strung
cones
tough
or
two
kite
in
size in the
double
of
size
five
or
middle
the
at
Another
the
four
length apart.
a
of
from
vary
the
to
stiff paper
wide, tied
as
TABL
three-and-a-half-foot
a
from
made
KITE
kite, according
the
latter, and
For
bobs.
cutting
kites
on
of
length
the
of
size
used
tails
the
times
prevent
to
THE
The
tliin leather
of
cord.
bridle
the
disk
small
a
each
about
paper
by
to
increases
11
but
small,
pressure
the
sag
of
of
the
the
the
lat^
wind
cord,
and
its
the
pull
both
on
best
cord
for
kite
and
holder
the
the
of
string.
The
in
flax, though
by
some
this
wet
weather
for
small
is of
purpose
silk
For
kites.
fish-line
linen
or
hard-twisted
of
those
4
is preferred
less
than
5
KNOTS.
1
"
Knot.
Bowline
3"
Surgeon's
5"
five
good
feet
in
article
suitable.
two
hundred
Bowline
2"
Knot.
4"
Knot
Running
length
; for
The
arranged
Knot
No.
with
a
first
is
knot
check
sold
yards, usually
up
in
at
the
to
flax
to
easy
Bowstring
9 hard-twisted
larger kites,
for
nine
balls
price
untying.
Knot.
hold.
will
prove
feet, No.
containing
of
ten
cents.
18
a
is
about
A
ball
and
of No.
it will
break
at
by
shown
the
cord
from
75
to
learn
need
A
FOR
in
persons
stronger
of
for
ounces
forms
to
of
each
90
100
feet,
pounds.
tie
to
knots
that
knot, therefore,
are
diagram.
FRAME
Some
five
simple
slip. Some
not
sudden
pull
a
kite-flyerswill
All
will
about
weighs
9
gusts, while
OP
flying large
the
next
FORM
HOUSE
others
prefer
section
of
against breakage
in
kites
kite, to guard
a
KITE.
insert
of
piece
a
large
elastic
cord.
KITES^
FLYING
Sometimes
the
a
kite
will
flyer's hand;
but
the
are
The
latter
a
can
perfectly
only
be
fly directly
into
conditions
for
kite
balanced
found
in
13
an
and
a
the
this
sky
good
steady
elevated, open
from
havior
be-
breeze.
situation
"
free
In
from
buildings,
trees
conditions
a
ordinary
out
along
the
feet
being
sometimes
string
stand
must
the wind
ground,
for
in such
unfavorable
to
the
; but
rise
a
of
the
the
laid
hundred
a
can
downhill
be
holding
one
he
masses.
must
fifty or
that
position
yards
many
and
"
string
of
length
needed,
large, high
of
supply
a
"
other
and
the
against
run
is generally
course
kite.
v^
FRAME
The
dimensionB
At
it at
the
against
instant.
a
ANOTHER
FOR
of this
signal,
lower
the
At
the
the
are
HOUSE
give
it go
time
the
it
the
one
U
than
his
grasp
holding
the
usual.
liite,grasping
quick upward
from
unless
"
a
KITE.
wider
quarter
one
letting
then
OF
carrying
should
same
pulls it straight, and
design
person
end,
wind,
FORM
kite
is
the
thrust
on
the
string
going
up-
ward
steadily
the
string as
more
The
kite
retires
"
string to
different
a
OP
FORM
middle
The
tached
best
Attaching
cord
found
an
a
very
may
to
has
taken
a
large
the
practice
"
kites
stratum
take
if not
out
obtain
bridle
other
knot
the
at.
below
will
has
this.
teach
fastening
"
the
sometimes
gusty
of
steady wind,
a
winds.
which
When
be
even
dodge, and
sudden
checked,
can
ing
flybeen
in
string.
position it
15
the
and
above,
cross
earth,
to
to
sticks.
sometimes
proper
out
KITE.
one
by letting
done
be
bridle
cross-piece
a
to
necessary
omitted
the
they
with
will
descend
generally
again
as
the
Only
reaching
before
kite
of
to the
advantage
good
even
stretched,
both
to
Often
a
bridle
forty-five
found
of
be
may
wind.
the
for
angle
of
RECTANGULAR
to one
or
letting
angle
an
maybe
part
stick
to striogs
crossing,
the
it
wind,
upward.
float .at
; and
fifty-fivedegrees
the
kite climbs
should
the
against
sent
the
can
kite
upward
by
in
judicious pulling
a
kite
is under
string,
but
When
this
of
good headway
not
fast
so
be
it to
slacken
should
string
soon
it should
allow
to
As
string.
again
as
the
occurs
tlie
be
the
as
given
more
its pull.
drawn
quickly
taut.
When
the
the
string will
fifty
or
has
let
it,
another
of
line
feet
more
attached
kite
to
main
the
gone
kite
of
line to
go
higher
than
one
the
extent
of
repeated
be
to
enough
strong
kite
between
the
hundred
feet,
should
line the
be
"
the
steadier
is its
weight
sent
lift
size)
to
both
it, when
ol
with
up
(according
own
This
The
The
pull.
if the
spaces
should
the
action
kites,
several
larger
distance.
be
may
alone.
connections
the
the
as
kites
KITE.
hold.
to
its
help
BOW
will
high
as
up
lower
more
be
from
kite
kites
line
main
the
on
latter
sixty
the
there
be
may
to
a
greater
are
on
a
tiny bell suspended
of
ends
the
Thus
the
times
higher
at
kite-flyer
the
The
the
three
represent
the
kite
the
in the
chimes
the
weight.
sky many
steeples.
OP
string
KITE.
STAR
lines
of
colored
pleasing effect,and
a
their
the
sustain
at
the
are
which
sticks;
forms
the
broken
outline
the
of
kite.
Streamers
have
heavy
will
his
kite, also
the
of
kite
ring
can
FRAME
lines
bottom
if the
frame
than
the
and
from
the
the
paper
attached
paper
figures suspended
messenger
are
to
angle
frci
amusing
very
"
i
antics.
KITES
The
in the
Common
instructions
OF
Diamond,
for
SHAPES.
MANY
or
making
18
Cross
frames
Kite,
and
was
described
covering
^^
them.
j
make
To
should
crossed
be
at
middle
the
The
end
is
Kite
House
of the
lower
made
length
same
kite
of the
If these
sticks
form
of
ends
by
right angles
frame,
the
which
a
the
; but
sticks
two
form
putting
a
does
second
distance
same
is from
one
upper
carried
be
quite
Rectangular
with
less
length
same
the
at
Long
obtained
the
If these
In
have
be
may
sticks
the
the
not
cross-
the
from
the
top.
the
end
KITE.
cross-pieces
we
by
the
as
FISH
the
Kite
good flying qualities.
possess
piece
Diamond
Regular
a
weight
the
at
to
Kite.
The
same
bj^ crossing
middle
and
of
two
connecting
cord.
a
sticks
two
have
we
Round
should
be
of
length
equal
and
crossed
at
Square Kite.
a
Kite
be
a
light hoop
braced
19
in
one
constitutes
direction
the
by
a
slender
stick,
the
at
ends
which
of
bridle
the
is
to
be
fastened.
the
The
Elliptical Kite
differs
last
in
a
diameter
having
of
One
the
form
basketing
for
in construction
only
brace
a
stick
longer
Iron}
than
the
hoop.
of
the
instead
Kite
Bow-top
of
a
cord
has
a
from
extending
stiff strip of
end
to
end
1.
Hfn^e
KINO
of
the
-^
HORSESHOE)
(OR
cross-piece,
being slit,is pressed
the
down
it is
top, where
to
a
shoulder
cut
pegged,
in the
or,
top of
backbone.
If the
above
the
over
KITE.
CRAB
the
end
bow,
of the
and
a
latter
cord
extends
is
run
20
from
two
the
or
three
top of it
inches
to
the
KITE.
MAN-PORM
bow
obliquely
lighter
form
lower
the
a
a
piece
of
that
needed
in
the
of
from
wood
with
baclvLone.
of
degree
Peaked
a
Kite
Bow
extendiog
end
have
must
side,
the
of
cords
bouuding
"
each
on
stiffness
three
here
famished
with
a
turned
light
and
were
it
of
the
pliable.
strong
into
covering
rotundity will, of
slackness
ends
In
this
of
only
the
bow
the
form
could
times
the
be
to
bow
found
of
thickness
KITES^
mentioned,
be
type, may
grave
The
kite
the
the
cross-piece,
cross-stick.
the
BALLOON
Any
no
that
four
or
has
A
is formed.
Kite
back
paper
would
it is
but
21
or
apt
serve
burst
Har-
by being
side.
degree
should
to
the
upward
the
on
This
covering.
Tissue
enough,
back
depend
course,
of
balloon
wind
a
the
on
those
except
be
of
very
excellently
from
the
BOY
The
heavy
line
represents
and
bracing
cordn.
bounding
of
Loops
The
feet
win
have
with
of
lively
except
in
the
kite.
to
necessary
avoid
the
bottom
of
wind
inlets.
than
the
conunon
paper
This
the
handkerchiefs
of
wind
the
front
diameter
of
these
foot
of
its
the
a
bursting
form,
formed
to
loosely,
and
in
wind
equal
centre
should
the
This
not
It is
width.
in
balloon
should
be
capacity with
the
gusts.
properly
22
kite's
the
through
the
near
met
napkins)
admitted
apertures
the
of
kite.
is
often
or
covering
for
vent
kite
the
substituted.
(not
paper
in
a
be
may
and, if attached
board,
The
to
lines
be
may
board
Japanese
inch
arras
broken
air.
form
have
to
covering
at
an
of
paper
better.
The
than
more
of
the
Bticks, the
end
from
in
the
holes
more
the
at
wind.
much
be
the
cut
be
action
the
or
be
should
of
would
strips
hands
or
also
pressure
one
basket
gloves,
receive
KITE.
made,
is
a
better
flyer
A
Kite
For
feet, pap"r
crinkled
be
the
proper
for
a
Nymph,
or
and
The
board.
of
figure.
frame
a
Kite
Dragon
large
lines, connected
to
each
other.
sprigs
of
of
small
the
disk
of
by
A
plumy
hideous
in
streamers.
presenting
cords
size
The
much
to
the
line
of
lines, string.
and
face,
or
the
a
to
large
disks
in
appearance
undulatory
of
cords
with
rod
side
each
foremost
and
often
crease
de-
gradually
tail, ending
an
of
iu two
other
bright colors,
The
to
assumes
in
by
is affixed
of
consists
disks,
twig,
surface
head
the
well
equally
serve
usually
head
ends,
appearance.
from
With
bottom.
smaller
by
the
at
a
will
bamboo
The
with
the
; dotted
Chinese
transverse
disks.
is decorated
most
the
of
grass
at
and
should
covering
on
KITES.
dislj,followed
roundish
hands
paper;
used
ends
lines, sticks
CHINESE
The
tissue
free
this
covering
Heavy
of
paper
loose, with
very
form
male
FLYER.
hair, strips
"
leather
GOOD
a
a
pair
of
movement,
crawling
ser-
Great
pent.
the
air.
as
skill
It is
said
OF
more
of
the
apertures,
left
be
with
which
a
SUSPENDED
BE
one
hollow
at
each
the
top and
bottom
in
for
and
of
forms,
one
at
are
section
a
about
length.
KITE.
draught.
bird
formed
whole
24
in
appearance
FROM
constitutes
end
kites
enemies.
invisible
resonator,
for
diameter
"
a
of
ugliness
away
at
these
men
regarded by the China-
are
kites, especially those
furnished
bamboo,
TO
launch
to
great
frighten
should
Chinese
they
their
LANTERN
Openings
often
to
required
that
defenders;
being supposed
FRAME
is
one
It
the
has
half
of
or
three
middle.
is
There
these
kites
idea
an
prevalent
musical
kites
also
their
strings
are
in the
kept
; the
music
air
for
but
with
friends
and
kite-flying,
for
Japan
of
people
Front
foims,
the
that
a
like
recognized
a
village
and
learn
end
of
the
is
line
sion
succes-
long
the
as
token
some
the
whom
certain
enjoying
the
which
rudely
Often
or
of
appearance
holiday.
these
Indian
them
acquaintances
a
is
form
a
covering.
individual
recognizo
cJin
of
to
ity
festiv-
social
a
Variety
American
of
of
of
more
fishes.
and
addicted
greatly
kites,
Japanese
familiar
whether
as
in
KITE.
showing
totems
to
person
it is
EDDY
birds
the
secure
neighbors.
view,
of
animals,
familiar
nights
also
are
them
THE
characteristic
the
roofs, and
KITES.
JAPANESE
The
times
Some-
away.
and
days
many
the
on
that
aloft.
heard
be
fastened
spirits
feeling entirely
family
can
evil
keep
Chinamen
among
at
are
imitate
different
tribes,
family;
the
a
at
kites
are
so
of
distance,
the
other
TAILLESS
Of
old
the
has
which
Oriental
the
gaiued
the
flown
on
it has
a
above
three
KITES-
Malay
beautiful
Peninsula.
fourths
of
top, like
the
so-called
feature
is
the
Its
other
notable
the
shape
of
a
in the
being downward,
tail,
a
hreadth
greatest
is
quite
kite.
has
cross-piece, which
the
middle
convex
direction
same
that
bird-form
Eddy
the
bow,
Cupid's
is
and
length,
its
Its
one
is
men
air.
the
in
only
without
Though
appearance
near
scientific
of
approval
the
kite
the
of
forms
with
portion
the
curving
tips.
kite
There
is
flown
with
the
idea
common
a
frame
the
an
would
the
made
opening
and
than
always
been
to
that
in
the
found
cavorting
dowu
EDDY
lessen
in this
occur
wind,
given
to
side
inexperienced
will
of
the
wind
position,
the
reverse
it
kite
cause
be-
fly better,
which
covering
figure
is
In
reasoned,
would
thus
A
a
be
In
position.
in
a
the
centre
is
pressure.
fallacious.
around
the
that
KITE.
diamond-shaped
The
storm-flyer.
the
expansion
balloon-like
THE
A
of
kite
circle
wouldbetter
practice
thus
with
the
this
mounted
lower
hold
ported
suphas
is
end
of the
string as
clear
the
at
a
downward,
kite
allows
to be
it
contrary,
a
both
sides
other
floating gull
than
the
for
is
transient
the
over
air, and
as
breadth
FRAME
;
action
the
that
of
it
of
this
AND
Showing
the
an
a
are
convexity
instantly
on
impression
its
waves
of
element
peated
re-
kites
convex
the
Malay
of
wings
air.
flight
OF
strengthening
28
of
the
for
them
is almost
The
cross-piece
TAILLESS
cross-piece.
KITE.
use
in
appearance
prototype.
equal,
STRINGING
kite, more
attractive
its Oriental
kite
the
of
KftE.
of
of
is
slightly
unstable
has
ally
usu-
barely enough
always
beholders
EDDY
yet
it
nearly simultaneous
so
that
modification
beauty
pleasing
and
a
is
side
the
side
one
(as
one
on
other,
almost
which
to
side
convex
wind
tipping
on
that
so
THE
This
kite
albatross
or
triumph
happy
;
give
to
the
the
on
action
This
the
With
when
oflf,the
motion,
as
wind.
than
slide
the
wavy
the
high enough
ineyitably dropping
instant) pushes
other
observed.
have
in
the
harder
to
on
a
in
every
little
a
lull
on
does
it dives, and
when
ground
earth
to
axis, rarely ascending
an
as
height
being
PHOTOGRAPHING
FROM
29
A
KITE
LINE.
about
only
is
It
top.
sticks
tied
stick
bent
stick
of
tliird
as
both
balance
the
of
A.
kites
in
New
Until
feat
to
to
or
E.
the
the
proposer
of
by
Such
his
sent
home,
but
for
the
photography
by
ridicule
as
a
incipient insanity.
such
means
Messrs.
G.
York
pears
ap-
T.
City,
pictures
different
Mr.
camera.
to
New
of
is
sustained
picture by
1895.
his
that
performed
several
by
made
with
instrument
Henshaw
of
cities, mainly
suspicion
tive
tenta-
kite
has
of
the
good
a
Sept. 21,
of
by
a
first
been
George
afternoon
other
subjected
producing
have
and
lom
have
of
vicinity
statement
air
the
in
enthusiast
flighty
The
done
would
kites
the
recently
be
might
and
by
the
less.
be
J. ; who
bird's-eye views
making
of
purpose
the
Boston
York,
N.
This
production
or
Bayoilne,
from
only
not
up
of
Eddy
it should
invention
the
kite's
six-foot
a
one
improve
to
of
weight
winds
the
of
indicated
adjustment
an
to
cross-piece.
and
A
string.
a
side
two
cross-
fourth
one
the
the
of
of
the
latter
the
light
was
ends
the
means
to
average
for
kite
William
by
The
and
pound,
This
kite
the
opposite
bound
ends
construction,
only
the
on
strengthen
to
flights.
one
placed
the
and
spine,
serves
is
long,
from
by
size, but
equal
length
other,
bow-like,
upward,
nearly
its
each
across
kite's
the
in
simple
very
being
of
eighteenth
one
are
the
on
quently
fre-
now
and
amateur
Wog-
sional
profes-
aeronauts.
Doubtless
feel
would
ihis
there
^'eye
less
in
safe
the
they
were
might
sky"
of
persons
are
at
habit
wandering
that
aware
time
any
the
be
who
of
gaze
directed
on
.
them
be
; but
safer
there
it known
were
that
the
would
who
others
many
kite-camera
was
really
abroad
land.
in the
The
flat kites
generally
of
the
to
it with
the
the
least
for
photographing
dimensions
From
strength
carry
used
the
respectively.
to
also
are
and
three
of
to
steadiness
camera
to
degree
of
a
seven
of
proper
motion.
five
and
of
the
are
purposes
feet
seven
these, according
wind,
height
The
are
and
sary
neces-
sustain
instrument
is
LAMSON'S
TRIPLE
MALAY
TANDEM
LAMSON'S
KITE.
MALAY
31
SEXTET
KITE.
mounted
which
of
one
Cords
the
at
one
ends
is
instrument
operated by
In
branch
this
by
a
middle
the
to
poles,
poles,
lines
and
of
fasten
end
the
the
to
The
of
other.
three
direction
the
controlled.
means
the
of
camera
the
is
special string.
a
practice, the
Eddy's
in
is of
the
slender
two
trunk
more
or
of
strings
running
cord
Mr.
of
is attached
from
outward
angle
are
box
about
knotted,
that
the
is
main
is carried
securely
diameter
line, to
of
a
fastened
common
on
a
which
large
down.
lead
1.
LAMSON'S
FOLDING
MULTIPLE
"32
KITES.
the
reel
This
pencil.
is about
ments,
three
In
pounds.
it, and
cylinder revolving by clock-work
record
each
of
instrument,
barometer,
a
when
"meteorograph"
this
in
found,
the
which
and
hygrometer
ink
lines, the
the
weight
velocity
of
the
and
wind,
ing
vary-
of
are
the
the
of
perature,
tem-
phere,
atmos-
altitude
the
that
so
there
record
moisture
the
a
indicator,
down
drawn
progressive
and
the
anemometer;
an
is
takes
thermal
a
"
it,is
of
part
of
the
ascent.
Plainly
Hill.
the
A
made
of
form
between
is raised
the
nearly
a
superior
OF
THE
with
an
that
the
along
in
now
FRAME
a
middle
length
kite.
A
Two
of the
lifted
Hill,
of
is
the
kite.
the
much
inventor,
Mr.
34
on
on
which
of
frame
on
the
bone,
back-
the
latter
for
ridge
is
regarded
the
cell
as
and
Blue
Hill,
12, 1894,
in Australia,
used
Hargrave
of
KITE.
This
constructed
kites,
a
considerable
a
Blue
at
Clayton
has
trussed
stick
also
Mr.
KEEL
into
Hargrave
the
at Blue
covering, by
cell kite
of
by
use
the
used
invented
extra
whole
modification
much
are
CLAYTON
and
parallel plane system
being
kite
keel
Observatory,
Straight sticks,
kites
Malay
at
kite.
Nov.
Hargrave,
sixteen
feet
HARGRAVE
THE
the
from
the
by
same
This
at all.
in
ground
ends
a
to
the
It consists
of
form,
depth
of
is covered
usually
and
;
flown
in
1895
(Later
he
Form).
lifted
was
forty
feet
means.
length, having
and
KITE
BOX
a
in
light wooden
a
width
about
with
uninitiated, does
of
half
thin
pairs, the
cloth
two
suggest
one
third
All
of
kites
close
being
a
several
width.
nearly
the
not
frame
its
KITE.
CLAYTON
35
feet
length,
except
texture.
connected
Aw,
THE
liite
the
It
is
by
a
light
below,
about
wooden
bar
another
and
in
without
bars
of
on
nearly
the
frame
the
cord,
so
are
kite
third
floats
kind
preferred
in violent
Height,
Space
the
readily,
by
a
steadily,
and
the
space
at
steady
observations
for
Mr.
KlS
,r
open
to
has
30
Inches.
11
inches.
ascends
lifter.
with
Clayton
the
a
sometimes
KITE.
assumes
au
angle
of
55
degrees.
the
lift
to
This
ments
instru-
large
8 inches.
HARGRAVE
middle,
corner
It
good
a
the
four
11 inches.
Tills
tached
at-
chiefly
short, quick
a
pull.
is
the
at
section
and
of
foregoing
box,
between.
EARLY
placed
are
Clayton
H.
the
up
weather.
Length,
H.
the
this
visible
followed
usually
each
string is usually
from
of
in
that
goes
Mr.
by
differs
high altitudes,
is
of
bars.
one
covering,
This
wind.
the
kites
two
The
apart.
one
Observatory,
having
The
above.
middle
the
across
kite, invented
box
Hill
of
of
midway
Blue
bar
depth
the
The
fastened
kite
of
which
this pattern
take
a
up
this
of
H.
Capt.
lifted
He
in
but
five
pounds,
the
Hargrave
Two
on
of
end
the
four
once
from
the
much
found
to be
In
for
size
the
trunk
a
of
wire,
twelve
cord,
two
as
kites
four
feet.
of
"
large,
;
sixtyfor
even
size furnishes
same
despised
strong
of
line
main
two
ofiers
with
and
This
lift
; it has
much
this
less
string
size
from
used
been
for
on
flown
at
in
cord
the
a
been
sometimes
and
control,
string
eighth
is
at
kites, including
of
discarded
was
one
diameter,
was
labor.
the
1896
well
sixty-fivefeet
have
could
men
exhausting
summer
The
balanced.
are
about
feet,
be
three
or
four
line.
to
in variable
in
cloth
dozen
a
main
is not
very
as
cone
well.
vary
and
or
worked
in
did
Hill
paper
and
cup
poorly
are
also
Blue
many
seven
the
inches
eight
Both
of
diameter
greatest
at
As
kite
the
string,
used
largest
pounds.
and
A.,
accessible
kites, especially
one
of
Hill
piano string adopted instead.
and
S.
frotn
have
very
Blue
of
in
feet
feet.
nine,
breeze
in
Bay,
forty-two
we
been
at
parts
kites
of
brisk
York
readily
which
"
Malay
the
wind-surface.
those
as
is made
inches
coverings. The
of
of
not
are
have
must
fifteen
nine
to
safety
suspended
height
a
weight
kite ; and
fiat
The
these
the
six-foot
a
kites
use
six
cones
by
pattern.
when
or
for
Infantry, U.
swing
of
steadying
winds
land,
Eng-
ground
New
of
Ninth
the
of
to
they
Frequent
tail for
the
parachute
a
tandem,
total
their
from
ple
exam-
in
Grays,
from
vicinity
boatswain's
a
dimensions
The
solitary
a
Scotch
feet
the
in
Wise,
D.
double
in
kites
the
of
hundred
21, 1897,
Hugh
lifted
was
wind,
broke.
Jan.
Lieut.
good
a
exploiting. Subsequently
provided with
kites
the
On
scientiflc
one
was
is not
Hargrave
Baden-Powell,
was
kites.
in
feat
in
would,
size.
average
lifting of Mr.
The
case
of
man
thinks
he
lighter
will
37
and
smallest
the
It is of No.
it
of
than
the
bulky
the
wind,
ascend
to
and
bear
14 steel
weigh
miles
resistance
fibre
vegetable
but
flaxen
so
that
the instru-
to
ments
the
great
as
cord
clumsy
the
on
has
flying
so
that
loftier
altitudes,stronger
had
to
be
was
wound
larger
provided.
in
GETTING
or
it ;
and,
The
in front
of
dial,by
which
recorded
apparatus
and
frame,
pull
out
runs
the
may
is mounted
down
of
known
on
at any
a
heavy
38
1896
in
sent
to
the
string
mounted
on
BLUE
AT
each
at
of hard
half
in under
wire
skill
reeling apparatus
crank
even
Connected
length
be
a
of
HILL
AZIMUTH.
hours
and
were
year
AND
this, two
to
kites
KITES
with
reel
one
huge spool
a
FROM
spool.
the
the
from
out
with
string
with
many
increased
stronger
REEL
ordinarily required
kites.
of
and
OBSERVATIONS
turning
as
than
with
Through
run
Strong, weighted
times
more
number
OBSERVATORY.
a
cord
crushed, and
been
solid oak
a
three
as
vegetiible fibre.
of
strain
the
Under
height
a
run
dozen
grooved
this
out
moment.
hand
work
a
a
with
end
truck.
is
wheel
for
were
of the
wheel
is
a
accurately
The
whole
this
Even
that
apparent
necessity
and
compact.
By
the
off
this
wire
steel
the
from
of
highest
1897
line
along the
rusting,
oil is
feet
or
flight of
the
thousand
instrument
sea
With
the
will
will
require
pressure
one
practice with
reply:
be
sent
about
9,400
The
than
Mount
three
Washington.
lifted
was
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If
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surrounding
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strung
rose
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top of
spring
kites
This
above
therefore
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air
in
level.
meteorograph
which
feet
recording
and
humidity
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top
type.
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turn
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wire.
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8,770
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ample
engine,
apparatus
directly
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heated
screw
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of
obtained, by
direction
lifted
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of
footer
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on
as
reel
a
boiler
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endless
OF
made
was
entire
an
HEIGHT
The
The
spool
wheel
the
of
groove
from
a
Accordingly
1897
steam
grooved
the
keep
to
way
Observatory
the
of
was
two-horse-power
a
wound
or
the
adjusting guide,
any
the
of
drawn
of
use
movement
is
by
spray.
apparatus
instruments.
spring
with
supplied
kerosene
wire
in the
strength, operated
burning
forth
their
with
installed
being
this
altitudes
the
attaining
it became
and
laborious,
too
rigid delivering
less
to reach
was
size
proved
a
tor
desired
there
has
? the
is the
real
Observatory
living
in
an
value
corps
of
would
atmosphere
all
this
doubtof
which
practically know
we
that
of
that
such
crabs
will
cold
enable
and
waves
and
accurately
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of
of
air
of
a
tiie
in
now
sudden
earth
section
handling
the
with
kicks
more
done
fore.
hereto-
has
modified
in text-books.
the
the
wire
rendered
the
has
also
cord
its drawbacks,
of
between
vegetable
high
work
stiflF wire
of
of
boy
storms
been
plorations
ex-
predict hot
of
hands
the
wire
the
the
over
the
device
the
on
string
introduced.
Even
men
sometimes
give
when
the
holding
stone
who
was
exclamation
sharp
a
running
strata
those
string quite torturing, until
the
start
of
expected
aerial
to
obtained
with
of
contact
the
above
these
like
electricity, a phenomenon
annoyance
and
grounded
has
kite-string
a
is the
conduction
manipulated
than
expressed
for
The
fibre.
in
is
is
OBSERVATIONS.
which
rarely gave
It
sea.
kinds
already
been
wire
of
use
one
that
various
knowledge
position
meteorologist
earlier
have
the
gained
the
CURIOUS
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be
the
much
which
opinions
of
will
knowledge
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bottom
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electricityis
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line
have
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issues
sparks
in
from
clear
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as
being especially strong
of
tests
the
also
be
Mr.
Clayton,
inexhaustible
an
kind
of
weather,
of
reservoir
it with
tap
to
chief
the
and
a
a
of
long
of
supply
hand."
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at
Hill
Blue
the
altitudes
Observations
conditions.
Moore,
wire
well
as
only necessary
any
at
lowers
says
to
appears
electricity,and
In
this
and
atmosphere,"
corps,
enough
frequent
of
snowstorms.
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40
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off
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from
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landed
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York,
have
and
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England
the
branch
of
the
some
have
uses.
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Weather
points
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life
labor;
lines
to
the
the
and
of
held
by
a
miles
to
slightly
lofty
an
of
hostile
the
years
States
other
some
and
ful
peace-
the
York
and
this
military
chief
of
economy
flying
kites
with
otherwise
to
temporarily
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accessible
in-
isolated
of
development
bird's-eye photography
are
high
telegraph
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uses
miles
several
but
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those
purposes
latter
as
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of
down.
experiments.
for
vicinity of
towers
military
raising
but
vessels, sending
wrecked
kite-flying has
the
at
found
was
experiments
and
the
have
points,
The
Hill
the
kite
aeronautics
their
for
eflbrt
bridge piers,
feet
three
in
different
recently;
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of
about
pursuing
the
officials at
purposes
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of
Blue
economics.
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of
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below
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meteorograph
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for
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of
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Washington,
for
kites
height
a
Quincy
OTHER
in New
4.30
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minute, moving
and
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carrying
Observatory.
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from
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in
the
at
below
was
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dry.
mile.
one
recorded.
dropped
1,100
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temperature
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instruments
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sun-gleams,
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by
signals
mirrors
from
observers
at
the
and
flashes
Mr.
cellular kite
He
same
A.
S.
Potter,
to
has
Mr.
recently
Potter's
relation
directed
also
of
England,
His
of
is
beneath
in their
experiments
a
down
held
Professor
is
These
Langley,
Hiram
with
snd
which
"
quarters.
Mr.
gestive
sug-
particularly
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them
in certain
to
either
on
taken
cars
and
a
controlled
wind
transportation
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in
readily directed
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for
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min-
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be
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his
device
can
with
instruction
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new
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kite
kite
60^
of
have
Smithsonian
the
a
consideration
experiments
of
which
sends
now
feet
of
use
trolley line
a
serious
under
made
aerial
system
by
thousand
a
electric
give
hours.
Washington,
of
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dis-
miles
to
dark
experiments
to
proposed
the
in the
of
height
a
hundred
a
apparatus
purpose
supplementary cord, by
to
a
surprising extent.
held
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and
an
angle
side.
of
read
by kites,to be
up
post perhaps
a
raising
the
for
carried
Maxim,
their
planotype
flying machines.
Mr.
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the
shape;
has
Another
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of
the
for
of
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toward
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being
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kite
it
as
aloft, its
floats
incite
zephyrs,
mind
the-
of
is
to
it in
The
flyer,
and
taught
passing
mistress.
the
fiy
bird
at
and
a
In
its
the
of
the
visible
intertain
en-
the
altation
ex-
inevitable
an
exercise
various
of
to
which
from
is
cessful
suc-
with
dallyings
physical
a
its
but
not
which
posture
flying
kiteover-
tains
per-
degree.
'*
kite," applied
of
name
signal
return
engaged
person
\Chtch
erectness
centuries
which,
behavior.
imaginings
As
is not
sky
movements
mysterious
feeling
of
name
from
of
to
the
the
is beneficial
graceful
best, from
unusual
an
English
comes
variety
the
of
one
action
violent
and
who
construction
looker-on.
contemplation.
its
.are
spiritually useful
are
thought
of
result
and
the
to
innocent
to
girls,
freakish
influence
The
weary.
too
of
of
dog
animating
accomplishment
worried
pet
kite-flying
skilful
creature
sympathetic
the
to
this
a
for
the
in
boys
leading
occupation
and
it
the
guiding
than
elegant
find
not
it unsuitable
is
excel
to
quite likely
the
of
neither
tamcforhim,
in
in
The
seas.
The
of
flying,
kite-
adaptation.
flown
be
may
house-top
water-craft,
wider
pursued
than
pastime
storms.
kite
A
of
one
nor
sport
elegant
more
a
ago,
into
with
the
its
family
was
this
to
of
hawks,
often
tamed
air, seize
prey
to
artificial
its
upon
master
one
and
some
or
The
The
French
Scotch
call the kite
for it is
name
it Drciche^which
the Canton
Chinese
Japanese
the
Germans
The
thing.
same
this
for
; and
Dragon
the
means
cerf votoni (flyingstag).
article
call
of
name
is jee yu ; while
the
signifies
paper haiok.
The Malays are
regarded as the originatorsof the
kite. The steady winds
of the Malay Peninsula
are
very
favorable
the
Next
of
it.
to
to these the
pursuit
flying
Chinese
and Japanese are, no doubt, the oldest in the
it appears
that as
practice. By the Japanese records
six
hundred
kites
used
were
long as
years
ago great
name
In war-time
to
men
carry
observation
for
up
of
the
enemy.
what
At
his mimic
not
point with
his
Ben
small
violent wind.
wife's
sail had
off at
attached
attempt many
did
And
had
deck, and
the
rail,and
this
others
picturewhich
ago, in the
?),of drawing
either
of
harnessing the winds to
kite,the stringof which
that
all went
1
a
the
square
sail had
it
moved
held
was
which
to
the
by
ors
sail-
a
these
the
his
was
well
incited the reported
Irish
boat
chariot
by
(or
large
ingenious
exploit of
the
to
by
the
of
proved
across
a
wagon?
course
steed
a
of
means
to a
it St.
was
of
means
led to his
attached
until
Sea
furnish
Squire's airy
changed,
as Pegasus, pulling his vehicle
when
at its
meet
borne
where
bow,
English Squire the suggestion which
related
armed
now-forgotten painter represented
in a
as
partiallywrecked
that
the
kite-flying
life.
years
Channel
Greorge*s
kite.
of
to the
clung for dear
Perhaps it was
the
it up,
sent
singlemast
in advance
forward
ropes
broken
for
ago;
sending
of known
matter
to
knitting-needle,
sailingvessel
The
a
in
Franklin, in June,. 1752,
to a light framework
of
clouds.
approaching thunder
Many lifetimes ago some
a
not
centuries
was
sticks of cedar, and
crossed
upper
sky is
when
art
new
a
the
his silk handkerchief
fastened
two
into
up
first succeeded
European
a
Certainly it
record.
was
date
bird
a
as
the
great
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