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Wonderful Balloon Ascents; Or, The Conquest of the Skies
·
Fulgence Marion
54
“I
then
said,
‘We
can
cross
Paris.’
“During
this
operation
we
were
rapidly
getting
down
to
the
roofs.
We
made
more
fire,
and
rose
again
with
the
greatest
ease.
I
looked
down,
and
it
seemed
to
me
we
were
going
towards
the
towers
of
St.
Sulpice;
but,
on
rising,
a
new
current
made
us
quit
this
direction
and
bear
more
to
the
south.
I
looked
to
the
left,
and
beheld
a
wood,
which
I
believed
to
be
that
of
Luxembourg.
We
were
traversing
the
boulevard,
and
I
cried
all
at
once--
“‘Get
to
ground!’
“But
the
intrepid
Roziers,
who
never
lost
his
head,
and
who
judged
more
surely
than
I,
prevented
me
from
attempting
to
descend.
I
then
threw
a
bundle
of
straw
on
the
fire.
We
rose
again,
and
another
current
bore
us
to
were
now
close
to
the
ground,
between
two
mills.
As
soon
to
the
left.
We
as
we
came
near
the
earth
I
raised
myself
over
the
gallery,
and
leaning
there
with
my
two
hands,
I
felt
the
balloon
pressing
softly
against
my
head.
I
pushed
it
back,
and
leaped
down
to
the
ground.
Looking
round
and
expecting
to
see
the
balloon
still
distended,
I
was
astonished
to
find
it
quite
empty
and
flattened.
On
looking
for
Roziers
I
saw
him
in
his
shirt-sleeves
creeping
out
from
under
the
mass
of
canvas
that
had
fallen
over
him.
Before
attempting
to
descend
he
had
put
off
his
coat
and
placed
it
in
the
basket.
After
a
deal
of
trouble
we
were
at
last
all
right.
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