, 1870-12-10
BALLDCBIHG OVER FRANCE.

The Iscrtls OF the Air.
Conride1iug the great npmbar OF balloons
which havn iefs rati. during tho sisga, tbs
scc1denis Ecsu!ting r. N them hare t'esn ser
few, tic cable 4 fcw Days ago reported Aha
loon Ii lost in the Atlantic. We nox hare a.
accoun. uf balloon captured bv tho frua
elaEA One Of tho pIisoters, An EhgishmAi
nsmed Worth, wsatea 10 his mother as to'-
lows. ...
ATM pAssoN. vkHsAnlEs, Nov. 9.
"On October q, lrfl PARIS By bAlioof. IN com
PAL With th1t+ 0fu.fs We lett with nHrta~as
:ut 'nc vind cnsns,rg 10 direct eac, Te % ns1
ca'Iiexl on TO the l1ss ian ltn.R Ne1eit fxa
It vss altl ost ttaSl, we actr ollgrd u come aox
70 ear1h- Just Is We emerged fEom the c1ouds. at
about 2sN yards flom .he ernund He 1e 9 vel,
coined by ste wcr Il p.uss!an hush Is, s1ne o'
which pittced t'e balloon, and. in oder y av0fi
h*1 lit, We wtrc obliged 70 come down 1t tfe.
ms1 ns ~ pser Whsn , ~ eosGnF1s sS t"e ,oqto
atlo % BY me co Is. % NAT dld not tesi 4 g
was thrown some thlts5 feet Into .0a a1t and tell
al Of nesp without berg hurt y the lesst
T~o ahet. Jumped re. me, NJ. ua,n an9 r.
AID aid NOT ioljow cur example, = tas. he vas
winch only oscup,esi some second+, the P.u-sans
still coIt,butd their hIitE. aad II only of
we're MT MT nsne 4 prisoners. We ieIl Just Outside Yer
dun, With ID still being defeudea By t"e Fr~n:h-
tt has tsk+n III cts b. days to get here. and, A.
nope Of as have n politics.. mission, II lspas-
sible tn maJ give Us our ileet!J u a tox da!a:
bul ths1e iz Just prDLaotlttJ OF ouE being sent
!Itu Eetnaby az prisoners Of wsl: In this IAtter
event Jou won1 hear from ne for some tim.
TIE reAsoo fdr mt leaving BY balloon Eas thxs
whbttd to Get home aud to my business"
Tho engineer. n, Sezanpc, took \ balloon
ride from PArib 10 Mans, which he thus de-
scEites:
ii iletararts On Tuesd4y. the ID Of .sovembe-,
II va recessa1, TO leave abruhtJ had some
height Of ..euo m+irvf. tna: ia TO saI. The ssuTe
nt ChssB' pal. The ursug soon matett.eii hesrd'
| taw Ih+ Cannon hiduen beh!ud nCt,t'ou1 hedges,
The toldh's in gn ups, "a utetl us T. their maa-
re- with cries, among which distinctly feeog.
D. 9 os'G IL Sss oa 1ass ss a
nj %ita FIT Fres,, ru lille White coads &. sE
Ineu,, tbs1 IT, at $40 metres We nj wed to2etLer,
me,able lock. hli apoa se,y slmp;s ms,eod no.
large house, steerle: and when one = q few 81
the exact direction nncs cou'se has take8 eau De
delermlped. Iltft PARIS th sout '-eontn 'ezteriy
diIeruop. hut tnnn inclined tn the sontnra0. ~
conttnued hearing toward that point I'll ny A.
rival. Next to The compass. the barometer
plays an important part: It must not be
sss sSen 1sn5 xIsh M IN pslnaaoo to descend snica
/ cannot yet entirely explain 10 my sAustac.Ion:
? phencmenon 10 then produced which little Re
nectiou would have taught me to guard against
the balloon, selz-d hy current Of colder az
3 contracts aud Instantly descends little bAl!aal
must he thrown out 10 CHECK tais tendsney. ~
not TOO much. Tue fAc1 ts hat the oa!lo N ct'n
i ttuuee 10 des end IN consequence OF the iDpetn
+ It has acquired long af4er rue eaultos1u u !
M 1asG ,oo ann ass is .no
required. Tnat is vi at befe!l N II Cnar,ees-
M right, ana made the po'as on tay map Fhei
The balloon began to descend: threw ou: ~
much ba!lasf, and soon ENgan 70 Ee1scend mac
Il higher than wished, The Ruu hea'cd MT ba
- loon all the mr. re that the alr was rarcdzt. anu
SCI saw myself Carried 10 height which c wi
not xac.lv measure. Tor II surpassed tae l.ni.
OF ny barometer. ! cAlcntatcf rnat @ns nrq
9,t1 metres firm the eAF1h. which height II. hon
he ever, not excessive. and c1n*-1 me. no incor
Il The country we're no lorRes distnct. TIC clous
!, sheep. seen rOm such an ei.rsu1a, we're q
Y ducrd To liaht flakes, and the sounds Of Garth
10 vi nese ne reIne extracts from mi loe-eo,.
10 tctl fa.ts at s:ts; chased The Sian io:s At
a of :ns q a. Mso
- tartn on my right and On ny ~, ver5 taI.
~ shining rtb9or, the ire; at u - crossed II
+ Ing tah.sy terminus there: aireatiy on ny le
l. the Loire Glttteres In The mlssa OF tho horizo
md q iee ns esat
n. uAe shsphefu without 4 dock. lost tn the alr:
: gl'dtd thus tetweeh the Loire and tho L1tte Wit
>. out c1oert. ncips any shock msself. though. tEo
Fs time to time, rnns Of :eldet or warmer air ole
"a Oh my face and nut.rled the white hAodxeErhi
nsa ~ III. n3er 59
Id Lore ut the bridges oi Gc. AnRers a1nearetl NJ
"a alrie White speck under ny feet. little to q
= gr's. We appeared ao sruasl that The cat Was q
u, sr}t, and. tuppuelng that ou' balloon coata'
y PISS. nacss, messengers weIe sent oslt TO III
I'd "At,his mcn,ent measured on my map Il
cSac, tlstace VIC had travelled from Paris. II
,1ty sn honE. Tia. i. q say that in shout |,
no hours MD he oyer the sea; from the aelR
e at witch ! was ! seemed a'na:y to I. :
,is The rrouht becoming mare :,
MI orc .t,ticur, and lhr cors, OF L. yendcc su
fs.9E df,; 70 afs ran; IT, s ss1 9snsd p sns ~
IN was toon frightened Ut the rarsl;s Of the "a
g, The o.ronettr rose a. e 'he aest,le nst b.,
~ II, tst ous tue ,alsss b hanainls. Nothing dsi =
ID, good. Without h VII e time TO look y The bar,
nd eter ssr hy tht INCREASING Z: o. the Tres u
w. sa,,or 1mmeata'cly cxrcuts q the IN 1u.ruvte. T
as nTet metrfs in lergtb, which Ii Carl
lie IN tie car, cosled up and !astered vtth pae
~. | tread. hs soon n the pAckthfe9d IA cut I
guiGe-IoEc uncF ia tfrc1f sud runs out, one end
q airing fRst to thr rRr st 1c the Other seeks
~ rs'lh. Tb+ toll ri tnt guide -fppe relieved
lc- bao4 for an instant, amt mare the tall Fi1r
ect wittOut. boEeveT, an erttng II. hnt the sop. ~
50 run ont WEIGHED tu01e sLA mnfe, aud we b-a
he aratn - ',escerd H.o'e qntckfr. A. the mrns
hs when we truched the tops rf the trets, the sal
-, hs mF orrerA i. 70 the anehnr. and We touch
.t1 the ground for The dfst tine alo<t imme.ilat-
Q" the shock wAs much less sto1. nj than hsd {
lsc recttJ. We were IN a country much tntc1sect
ito by hedGrk aud dotted oyef with tees-oaks
is- apple tIGcs. We touched the gronnd two OF th
VI / times. The balloon, sutstleny relieved from
* Re!ght Of the car. tuahc bound and carried
- at~Uve the uecs We thus tnok t1ree or s1nr le4
'la of hund I'd OF two hundred metres holding tt8
snt i on To our topfs. win our heals bent down
iit- 1Sptt The hEasrhes ~hlcn &t~NcSn IA IN The II
ct- The bAllaCn became less auf lrss AlslGndG1i-
ne Ruiac-'epe ard 8. cnor, dragging m ihe cror
re-. slsclcned cur arted. At last thc
~ ~ came tu1t into srpse tire. which It ruhned
lAa wrong wass tho tfee gIpaneta In lts langua
10 Nhtc the ctt expressed hy small cracks thAl
cas | adventure wha lot to It's M*te; we Acato "
TO- tcyo1 d The rpple-trtef; but me acehor VII
.fn 6reKVad after a hooked Itself 70 Nr1nfy 4
a. ! tIl K that shock cn%peh 50 severe that the
-: Icon q utl not stand IT.; 1t Rp:lt Throughout
ns" wncc letBtb, and tel: With Us IN the most pits
Ha- msnntr.
iTly "Hnt for few scratches on our hsuds VIC v
The unhutt. An Tits hrr1rued 50 rapidly. and
,ad | ra&1tton was 70 coElcaI, thrown rs We were
nv The Hl2sl OF thr ropes aEh parcels, tnat We h
~ into ut 81 laughter. not having had time to
ua- any feAf.
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