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Show .Musical Kile-. Musical kites are .roiidi-J n t(h a I baniluo reK-uator cvutainiiig three j n-trttires, one in the centre and j one at each extremity. When the J kite is Hying thcnir,Iu rushing Into i thereonator,itprodu(-esaoniewhat intense and plaintive sound, which i can bo heard at a great distance. ' The transverse rods ot the frame of, this kite are connected at the ex-j tremllles, aud give tho kite the aspect as-pect of two birds' wings afllxed to a i central axis. j This kite sometinus reaches largu i rilmentlonc say ten feet in wiJth. There are often three or four resonators, resona-tors, placed one aliove another over the kite, nnd.iii this case a very pronounced, pro-nounced, grave couud is produced. The-nUsicaI kite is very common In China and Tonuuin; hundreds of tliem are sometimes seen hovering in the air in the vicinity of Hanoi. It Li believed among the superfluous superfl-uous to have the power of charming charm-ing evil spirits away, and wltit tlil-i object il is often tied to the roots of liouses during the prevalence of .winds, where, during the whole night, it emits pl-tinlive murmurs alter the manner of an -Tlolian harp. Sew VvrL Telegram. |