What shall we do now? Five hundred games and pastimes: . of goodquality and make the outline of the kite by tying it securelyto the ends of each of the laths. I^ext take the thinnest un-bleached calico you can find, stretch it fairly tightly, and sewit over the strings. (Or strong but light paper will do, pastedover the string.) Make a hole (D) through the upright lathand calico, midway between the cross-piece and the top, andanother hole (E) about fifteen inches below the cross-piece,and tie a strong string, two and a half feet long, to theseholes, with a loop (F) in it a foot from the top ho
What shall we do now? Five hundred games and pastimes: . of goodquality and make the outline of the kite by tying it securelyto the ends of each of the laths. I^ext take the thinnest un-bleached calico you can find, stretch it fairly tightly, and sewit over the strings. (Or strong but light paper will do, pastedover the string.) Make a hole (D) through the upright lathand calico, midway between the cross-piece and the top, andanother hole (E) about fifteen inches below the cross-piece,and tie a strong string, two and a half feet long, to theseholes, with a loop (F) in it a foot from the top hole. To thisloop you will tie the string of the kite. The tail (G) is madeof pieces of paper about six inches long, rolled tightly and INDOOR OCCUPATIONS 293 tied at distances of a foot. Its exact length will depend onthe strength of the wind and can be determined only by ex_perience, but, roughly speaking, it should be five times theheight of the kite, or, with the kite which we are making,fifteen feet long. It is best to have the tail in two or three. A Kite pieces, and then it can be lengthened or shortened at instance, if the kite plunges in the air and will not keepsteady, the tail is not long enough; but if it will go up only alittle way, the tail is probably too long. Be sure to haveplenty of string, carefully wound, so that there will be no 294 WHAT SHALL WE DO NOW ?
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