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The spaces between the sets are not suf- 

 ficient to constitute the kite a good 

 fl}'er. The sets of cells interfere with 

 one another. 



Plate XII '.— 1 . Multicellular kite hav- 

 ing 6 sets of cells in the superstructure. 



3., Multicellular kite in the air. 



2. Giant kite having three 12-sided 

 cells, each with 6 radial wings. 



4. Giant kite flying from pole. 



Plate XV. — 1. Hexagonal kite with 

 six radial wings, loaded in' the middle 

 with an adjustable weight. 



3. Hexagonal kite flying from a flag- 

 staff. 



2. Twelve-sided kite with six radial 

 wings, of giant construction. 



4. Twelve-sided kite flying from a 

 flagstaff. 



Plate X IP.— Paddle-Wheel Kite. 1. 

 Paddle-wheel kite on the ground. 



2. Side view of same kite in the air. 

 , 3. Another photograph of paddle- 

 wheel kite in the air. 



4. End view of paddle-wheel kite. 

 In most of the photographs the flying- 

 Tine is invisible, but in above photo- 

 graphs and others the visibility has been 

 improved by tying pieces of colored cloth, 

 at intervals upon it, as in the tail of am 

 old-fashioned kite, thus enabling the 

 direction of the cord for a short distance 

 from the kite to be visible as a dotted 

 Hue upon the photograph. 



MR ZIEGLER AND THE NATIONAL 

 GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY 



AT the invitation of Mr William 

 Ziegler, the National Geo- 

 graphic Society is to direct the 

 scientific work of the north polar expe- 

 dition which Mr Ziegler has equipped 

 and which is known as the Ziegler Polar 

 Expedition. 



The National Geographic Society has 

 chosen as its official representative on 

 the expedition Mr William J. Peters of 

 the U. S. Geological Survey. Mr Pe- 

 ters will be second in command, and 

 will have entire charge of all the scien- 

 tific observations and determinations of 

 the party. Mr Peters is one of the 

 splendid corps of explorers of the U. S. 

 Geological Survey. He has made sev- 

 eral notable journeys in Alaska, the 

 most remarkable of which was in 1901, 

 when, as leader of a Survey party, he 

 made a sledge journey with dogs of 

 1 ,600 miles.* 



The expedition sails from Trondhjem, 



* See National Geographic Magazine, 

 vol. 12, 1 901, p. 399. 



Norway, about June 20, on the steam 

 yacht America, which has been thor- 

 oughly overhauled and strengthened 

 during the past year. They will ad- 

 vance as far north as the ship can take 

 them, and will then land on Franz Josef 

 Land, where the winter will be passed. 

 As soon as light returns in 1904 the 

 marcn for the Pole will begin. The 

 America stays with the party. In June, 

 1904, an auxiliary vessel, under com- 

 mand of Wm. S. Champ, will go north 

 to carry additional supplies and to escort 

 the expedition home. 



The commander of the expedition is 

 Mr Anthony Fiala, of Brooklyn, N. Y. 

 Mr Fiala was second in command of the 

 first Ziegier expedition. He is about 

 33 years of age, strong and vigorous, 

 and would seem to have all the require- 

 ments for a successful leader of an arctic 

 expedition. 



Mr Ziegler has shown himself an 

 enthusiastic and generous supporter 

 of arctic exploration. When his first 



