THE POSSIBILITY OF SOARING IN HORIZONTAL WIND. 213 
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anda half ounces. The cylindrical aluminium tail is a serviceabl : 
_ Construction, As yet I have been unable to make the kite stop 
when at or beyond the zenith, but the wind has rkably 
light for many weeks and few trials have taken place. 
A very few trials will convince the most sceptical that if we 
— not soaring in moderate breezes before the end of the 
it ™ not be from i ignorance of the wey: to. do it. 
‘vast future before them: and it is robatia: that ‘craft 50, 
will make better weather with a pole. in their eir teeth | than our 
best screw steamers, 
