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Show One Peril of Ballooning. Ono of the straugo experiences of a bnlloonlBt Is that of falling Into "a hole In tho air," which Mr. Rolker reports re-ports ns follows: "So you continue sailing, enjoying the present with little thought of the stnrtllng surprises sur-prises that may bu before you. Ahead of you, unseen, may bo what tho balloonist bal-loonist calls a 'holo lu tho air,' resembling re-sembling tho vortex of u maelstrom, ' and down this you may literally fall nt a rnto which Is terrifying until, by sacrificing two or three bagtuls of sand at once, your pilot checks your duwnwnrd flight. But theso 'holes" aro scarce, and, us it rule, tho atmosphere atmos-phere Is of uniform carrying power." American Magazine. |