'The tadpole, too, is a creature that readily Tends' its form to the kite-maker, but the most striking design is, perhaps, the centipede. This kite Is' made of a series of a dozen or more paper dises fastened one behind trother, Each has a long feathery log sticking out on either side. The foremost dise represents the "head, fond has eyes in i that revolve in the wind and buzz ike those of the Uish-kites. When hanging in the air this contraption faithfully reproduces the appearance of the creature it*re-
Sometimes a small bamboo bow with a. silk ribbon stretched taught fastened to the kite in such a way that the wind makes the ribbon tum xo loudly that the noise cane plainly heard from the ground even When. the kite is at a considerable height.
The Chinese have also invented, an ingenious ttle subsidiary kite in the form of a butterfly with collapsible wings, which they send up the line of a big kile as a messenger. It is supposed to toll the big Kite that it time for it to come down. The Wings are set rigid for the ascent und-are held so by a piece of string. small. bunch of firecrackers is attached to the string and also a piece of burning incense.
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