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Show One Peril of Calloonlng. Ono ol the hi run pe experiences of a balloonist Is that or falling Into "a holo In tlie nlr,' ulili'h Mt llolker re-pints re-pints as Inlliius- "So nu continue sailing eijojiti'j the present with little i'.ici lit nt ilie htaitlln; snr- ' pils.'s thai 1 1 1 : 1 li tiefoin ini. Ahead 1 of J on, unseen, iiiuy be what the bal- j loouist coIIm a 'hole In the air,' resembling re-sembling the vortex of 11 maelstrom, and down this mi mny literall fall at a rate which Is teirlfylug until, by sacrificing two or three bagfuls of sand at once. )our pilot checks your downward (light. Hut these 'holes" aro scarce, mid, as a rule, tie atmos phero Is of uniform carrying mwer" American Magazine |