Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 519
r opponent, and so cutit, letting his kite fly off. You have the right tocut every other kite that carries cutters, and youare fair game for any of them ; but you are boundin honor, of course, not to interfere with thosewho you know are not armed. A certain bend of the creek was usually thefarthest… … KITE-CUTTING. Your best plan is to get what the sailors callthe weather-gage of the other kite. If thewind is blowing from your kite to his string, youhave him at your mercy, for you can make yourkite fall to his by letting out string. If you areto leeward of a kite, with the wind blowing to…
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