The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-27
GRAPHIC STORY
 OF BALLOON TRIP Augustus Post Tells About
 Air Voyage Into Canada COMPELLED TO DESCEND
Through the Forest and After Meeting Some Trappers
 Reach Civilization

Chicoutimi, Que, October 26.-Thor- oughly fatigued and showing plentiful marks of an arduous week of strug- gling through the dense wilderness of northern Canada Messrs. Hawley and Post, the Unsuitable aernauts, who, &C., cording to available data, sailed the America II nearly 70 miles farther than any other contestant in the big balloon race for the Gordon Bennett cup, arr arrived here this evening.
 They had landed at 345 Wednes- day afternoon, october 19, 1900 feet up on the face of an unnamed mountain, lies about 5s miles north of Chicou- timi and about eight miles north of Lake Tshistigam. They had been in- volved in a snow storm which was ac- companied by a change in the wind to a more northerly direction from that which, up to then, bade fair to carry them to the Labrador coast
 The adverse conditions compelled them to land much against their wishes. Landing was effected easily and the balloon was left in good con- dition. Sanguinely they started to get to the nearest settlement They were uncomfortably near the end of their provisions, but recounting the story of their experience tonight. they made light of that feature.
 They had confidence. they said, in their ability to kill sufficient game to prevent starvation.
 nfChtQ ca to sleep in the open air. It was a stiff fight through snowy forests The wealth CT was exceedingly cold. Then the camp of trapper was struck on the river Alours. A days rest was enjoyed there in the deserted hut Monday four trap pers appeared and took them down the streams in their canoes to St. Am broise. a little settlement 10 miles from here. A six hours drive brought thu em here tonight. Tomorrow they expect to be in Quebec.
 covered 145o miles in the air during 4s hours.
 Mir. Post, acting as spokesman. told the story of the trip tonight.
 We had beautiful trip" said MT. Post. ''We crossed Lake Michigan and Lake Huron and followed what should judge to be the route of the proposed Georgian Bay canal and if you ask me, there Is water enough in that section of the country. not only to fill the canal, but to float all the ships of the world.
 Then we crossed Ottawa and fioated over the forests of northern Quebec, passing over innumerable lakes and riv- CTS. The country below us always was densely wooded. Finally, on Wednesday morning, we found that we were north of Lake NSt. John and going well and we had hopes that we would be able to continue the trip until we struck the Labrador coast.
 Unfortunately. about 8 o'clock on We'd nesday afternoon, the 10th, a storm came up and it became necessary to make a landing. We picked out a mountain and came down upon 1t and made an easy landing on the mountainslde at an eleva- Hon of about 1500 feet.
 s This was at 3:45 D. m. It was near nightfall and we knew that we were a considerable distance from any settle ment, so we decided to pass the night in the basket of the balloon
 "The next morning we started for civili- zation, heading south. We had three days of strenuous exercise with no more to eat than was absolutely necessary, as we had to carry all our food as we'll as the blankets to cover at night. And we needed those blankets badly for we had two snowstorms on the way.
 '.On the fourth day we found the camp of Jack Matthias, a trapper. Unfor- tunately he was away from home We, however, stayed there and enjoyed the hospitality of his hut for a day of much needed rest Then four French Canadian trappers turned up and liko good fel- lows brought us out by canoe to St. Am broise, where we arrived this afternoon.
 'As near as we can figure, our landing place was about 5S miles north of Chi coutimi. There is rather a large lake near where we landed. Lake Pisoocama, and we landed between five and eight miles north The smaller lakes were also passed by us as we made our way through the woods. The country there Is very rough and our travel was neces- sary slow and arduous in the extreme, as there were no trails we could follow.
 .'The bush was very dense and we had time fighting our way through. but did not suffer any very severe hardships''