The account, written by Périer, reads: The weather was chancy last Saturday... around five o'clock that morning...the Puy-de-Dôme was visible...so I decided to give it a try.
Périer tarafından yazılan rapor der ki: “Geçen Cumartesi hava biraz şüpheliydi… ...ama o sabah saat 5 civarında… ...Puy-de-Dôme görülebiliyordu… ...ben de denemeye karar verdim.