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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



DR. BELL'S MAX-LIFTING KITE FLYING OVER BRAS D'OR LAKE (SEE PAGE 49) 



This is the giant Cygnet No. 1, in which Lieutenant Thomas E. Selfridge, U. S. Army, made 

 an ascent 168 feet above the waters of the Bras d'Or Lake thirteen years ago. 



