Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 449
attachedto the tail ofany large kite.A Chinese lan-tern will answerthis purpose,although it isgenerally so long and narrovthe kite is apt to set fire to it. To make a more suitable lantern, take a circularpiece of light board five inches in diameter, drivethree nails in the center, just far enough… … KITE TIMIi. that the motion of on page 422, and cover the body of the lanternwith red tissue paper. This lantern, fastened to the tail of a large kitethat is sent up on a dark night, will go bobbingaround in a most eccentric and apparently unac- KITE TIME. 425 countable manner, striking with wonder…
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