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"RememberthebattleofFleurus,andyouwillpreheyofaerostats!Coutelle,byover,anizedapaiers.AtthesiegeofMaubeuge,GeneralJourdanfouhodofobservationsoserviceable,thattaheGeneralhimself,Coutelleastotheair;thedeheaeronautaierswhoheldtheballoon,waseansoflittlewhite,red,andyellowflags.deswereofteheballooofitsas,butwithouteffeJourdaoiCharleroi,Coutellerepairedtotheneighbourhoodofthatplatheplai,aakiionsseveheheAustriaodeliverthedabattlewasfoughtoseneralJourdanpubliedtheassistancehehadreaeronauticobservatiowithstandingtheservideredonthiso,andduringthewithBelgium,theyearwhiessedtheearycareerofballoons,alsosawittermiheseuon,foundedbygover,wasclosedbyBonaparte,our.'Whatarewetoexpethechildwhichhasjustbeenborn?'Franklinhadsaid.Butthechildwasborhavebee;
Theunknownhidhisforeheadinhishaedforafewmomehhishead,saidtome:"Notwithstandingmyorders,youhaveopeheuppervalve!"
&hecord.
"Fortu;uedhe,"wehavestilltwohundredpoundsofballast."
"lans?"saidI,witheffort.
"Youhavenevercrossedthesea?"
&fullypale,terrorfrozemyveins.
"Itisapity,"saidhe,"thatwearebeiowardstheAdriatic!Thatiso.Higher!weshallfis!"
Andwithoutlookingatme,helighteheballoonbyseveralbagsofsand.
"Iallowedyoutoopenthevalve,becausethedilatatiohreateobursttheballoon.Butdonotdoitagain."
Iid.
"YouknowthevoyagefromDovertoCalaismadebyBlandJefferies.Itwasrithe7thofJanuary,1785,iwind,theirballoonwasfilledwithgasontheDoverside;scarcelyhadtheyrisen,whenanerrorinequilibriumpelledthemtothrewouttheirballast,retainingonlythirtypounds.ThewihemslowlyalongtowardstheshoresofFrahepermeabilityofthetissuegraduallysufferedthegastoesdattheexpirationofanhourandahalf,thevoyagersperceivedthattheyweredesg.
"'Whatistobedone?'saidJefferies.
"'assedoverohsofthedistance,'repliedBlanchard'andataslightelevation.Byasgoseourselvestotrarywinds.Throwouttheremaiheballast.'
"Theballaisasalforce,butsoonre-desded.Aboutmidwayofthevoyage,theaeroheirbooksandtools.
"Aquarterofanhourafterwards,BlanchardsaidtoJefferies:'Thebarometer?'
"'Itisrisi;aheshoresofFrance!'
"Agreatnoise>
"'Istheballoo?'askedJefferies.
"'No!theescapeofthegashascollapsedthelowerpartoftheballoon.'
"'Butwearestilldesg.Wearelnotindispebethrownoverboard!'
"Theirprovisions,oarsahrownoutiheywerenoworesi.
"'Weareremounting,'saidtheDoctor.
"'No,itisthejerkcausedbythediminutiohereisnotashipinsight!Notabarkonthehorizoharments!'
"Auripped,buttheballooodesd.
"'Blanchard,'saidJefferies,'youweretohavemadethisvoyagealone;youtedtotakeme;Iwillsacrificemyselftoyou!Iwillthrowmyselfier,andtheballoon,relieved,willreasd!'
"'No,no,itisfrightful.'Theballoonoreasingaparachute,fasagainstitssidesasmotion.
"'Adieu,myfriend,'saidtheDoayGodpreserveyou!'Hewasabouttohavetakentheleap,whenBlaainedhi
"'Oneresourstous!Wecutthecordsbywhichthecarisattadgtothework?perhapstheballoonwillrise.Ready!Butthebarometerfalls!Weremount!Thewindfreshens!Wearesaved!'
"ThevoyagersperceivedCalais!Theirjoybecamedelirium;afewmomeheydesthefui;
"Idoubtnot,"uedtheunknown,"thatinsimilarcesyouwouldfolloleofDoctorJefferies."
Thecloudswereunrollihourfeetinglitteriheballooncastadeepshadowonthispileofdwassurrouhemaswithahethundergrowledbehourfeet!Allthiswasfrightful!
"Letusdesd!"exclaimedI.
"Desthesunisawaitingusyonder!Downwiththebags!"Aeheballoohanfiftypounds.At3000metresweremaiionary.Theunknowntalkedily,butIscarcelyheardhim;Iletelyprostrated,whileheseemedi.
"Withagoodwind,weshallgofar,butwemustespeciallygohigh!"
"Wearelost!"
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