The walls of the hall were decked with firearms,- muskets, pistols, arquebuses, blunderbusses,-pikes, and halberts, symmetrically arranged in stars or other devices; stags' horns, outstretched eagles' wings, extended skins of KITES, owls, and king-fishers, together with foxes' brushes, powder-flasks, shot-pouches, fishing-rods, nets, and dogs' collars; while in the corners stood four figures, clothed in complete suits of armour, with lances in their hands, or arquebuses on their arms.
"Paddy Finn"
W. H. G. Kingston
After that he would fly these KITES every time the wind was blowing from the west to the east.
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz
In moments free from packing their effects they did not cease, however, to send out KITES with the announcement that they were going eastward towards some lake, and towards the ocean.
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz