62. I now treat of the manufacture of Chinese flyers, or Saxons, as they
are called by professional pyrotechnists. But it will not be sufficient
merely to speak of the manner in which they are made—we must follow them
into some of those combinations in complex designs in which they fulfil
a very striking part.
And first the object of the Chinese flyer is to produce a circle of
white fire, unattended by any scintillating radii, which can be easily
worked into large pyrotechnic designs, and which is at the same time
easy of construction.
The Chinese flyer forms a very pretty little piece of itself when
properly made, but its principal use is in combination. It is of two
kinds, and these are known by the names of the “single” or “double”
Saxon or flyer.
[Illustration: [Fleuron]]