Show AN AERIAL VOYAGE of an naila in Cri tily an crmoil liec lne count Zam beccari was gom to ascend from bologna in u balloon hording fourteen eliou und cubic feet of gas and sought for two friends to accompany him trip these were found in dr of and myself the week lie foro the ascension while wo were making was a great abr the was thoroughly cool lie had often trusted himself to lie frail and risked ins eife but with us it was different two make an aerial trip dangerous first the covering must bo chasm of some light which i therefore less durable and firm and secondly ono is entirely dependent upon alio wind wherever it takes the balloon and however it drives it whether slowly or swiftly or with the fatal fury raf abo tempest one must submit for this reason and I 1 weta anxious early in tho morning wo began to nil tho balloon for which wo hid provided two hundred pounds of iron filing six thousand pounds ot zinc and eighty five hundred pounds of sulphuric acid atter hour passed the of gas was very evident the balloon was not yet filled yoon cain crit was two it waa wo hid reached perhaps seven feet of agns gns and said to today to day fl not to bo thought of it will bo night buforo llie will bo filled we saw he was right what observations could wo make in the darkness we were not tho only ones on the spot all bologna was on its logs old and young rich and poor lu alic forenoon rushed to and fro but in alus firm and awaited from forsa acta lc anu sun and 7 atis spectators were impatient and begin tai sing aind make noisa nl last about midnight he count told us lie work was done wo did not know alint would liappes li appen wo did not want to ascend yet we kouw well that alic people would not bo so easily of the desired mounted n barrel got a hearing and announced to the spectators that as nothing could be seen at night lie would ascend in alio morning tho balloon was now filled they could go quietly home and next morning the ascension would take place iset what chies adoo how alio arod raved what the people we stand here sixteen hours und sec nothing we have waited since morning and now shall vc go lionly go up go up start at once and n howl drosc that struck terror into our hearts the count obtained n second hearing you will lose nol liing by it said he on tin contrary will only gigin if you will bo patient till morning aliat can you sec now in aliu dark night nothing in a moment we vanish from our view in alic morning you can watch the balloons flight for miles we can you notes and letters from alio llio air the is entirely 1 aliey would not let him speak go up gu up i thousand tin oats they shook their fils the crowd pressed against our complete destruction threatened our as n climax stones were thrown at the start start was howled baths laths and beams cracked every moment tho stones thrown threatened to destroy alio balloon even our lives were in danger my friend whispered to us tho mob lias gone mad let us ascend all wait for ho performance we will lly half an hours distance and let ourselves down again to begin the genuine expedition tomor to mor row clackl the beims broke the torrent burst in for heavens sake get in get binl i greatly alarmed wo sprang into tho basket the lopes boic cut the balloon llew on high snatching us rim tho hands of alic cm agad mob anil bravo bravo sounded after us from below came thundering up to us long livo long live long live andradi hurrah for alio llio count shouts from thousands on thousands of voices n d us we boon recovered from our fright but what wo perceived did not gleaso us the wind is too strong not land danger of bring destroyed st wo were thin in n bad plight and had to wiit for ilav bicak hut that was far from the sun would appear above alic horizon at about a quarter of seven and it was a of bouc when we ascended with lightning light nin speed we llew up hii always up and hie wind whistled and rushed from tho southwest and chased s away away i always farthur how quickly bologna vanished from us in avery brief ciuc wo no longer saw its lights bieard not liing of in tumult clouds lay bc dwren m and alic earth the magic wonderful sorcery of our poising by moonlight between tho clouds I 1 cannot describe we were in fairyland and if we could have enjoyed the view with liblit licarte li carts could have through the air free from care without fear it would have acen divinely beautiful and I 1 i that I 1 thought for n few of the old greek soils hut different thoughts began to force powe us alio wrath cf the wind hitrovo n liec lightning into the far far vc could bol lower and the balloon rose higher to he regions in 1110 is impossible and where breath fails only too soon we perceived alio in cold and thy ramified rarified inra I 1 do not know but wo began to shiver in iho frozen atmosphere our teeth chattered and we crowded together dr grasic ati sown grew acan to gasp staggered struggled convulsively closed liis eyes aud moved no more in the fine thin air one breathe and is thi result is weakness ih the heart vertigo fainting and finally dertl li it the man dues not como autu air af greater density A few after grassed also fell and nu moro signs of life now think of my situation the wax light in the lantern was extinguished I 1 vainly tried ti light it with tapers it would not with inucci trouble I 1 obtained a light with ordinary matches succeeded in this when I 1 was seized with dizziness it look great forte of will to legs balanced between heaven ind earth the balloon new on swift as an arrow at kiy side lay alic two who hail fainted or dead I 1 was without means of delivering myself from so horrible a condition yet it became worse hark what hollow roar was that below us it was the surging of the ocean it could be nothing else we hurled through tho air n distance of over a hundred and according io abo direction of the wind had now reached the region of tho sea what now it would bu impossible to descend until wo in vain I 1 strove to read tho barometer sly eyes know nothing more fainting 1 stared into jhc thc upon iho moonlight moon light clouds 1 not I 1 grasped the side of alio basket in which it was about two 0 clock ahall when it seemah U nicas if the clouds new upwards was it n delusion brought about by my bodily condition all at once a frightful thou glit cacco me alic clouds were not up but we were falling I 1 bent over alie side of alic basket yes yes I 1 heard plainer and louder the roar of the ocean i as wo rushed downward how it happened I 1 do not know whether balloon got somo opening above which let the gaa escape op what else I 1 looked almighty god be gracious and merciful to us eyare to sink in sei I 1 nearest of my hoo kAim we arc falling into ano ocean rtin I 1 bent far out again and stared downward yes wag a gray mass of crowding billows there it boiled and and hi wd one moment more in zim baccari I 1 shrieked seizing him in a convulsive grap we aro plunging into tho sea and I 1 looked over again into our watery grave the count lifted his head and whispered ballast out raised himself mechanically seized alic bag of sand that wo biad in our as chirgo I 1 laid liula ut it loo becenti recovered wo worked alio llio bag up wu gut it over the side the doctor came to himself also in i moment understood he energetically bulled compisi tho whole collection af instruments and our provisions all all overboard in another moment the basket touched alio water and we were drenched by the silt wiler hut at alio instant we llew aloft with tho of ail arrow wo were in the water only long enough to fill our basket half full iud ct iw to the skin the balloon had now nothing to carry but us three the water ran out of alio basket and we llew again into space great heavens that was an ascension in a thrice we had reached alic clouds gone through and above them now we poised over the clouds far below below us the blood red moon shone on tho vaporous masses nd on us poor children of cm til trembling with cold in our frail biskit the cold aud danly froze alic water our wet clothes were coaled ice we felt charp slabs in joint wu groaned with djin we haan hadn u lunger any light 0 o were yo still we could scarcely move and alio wind still drova us continually northeast how hours had passed alic moon clear enough for us to look but no one of us could bend a to get his watch out of his pocket at last boctor grassetti Grass ettl succeeded in drawing the counts out of liis vest pocket and our united exertions inide out that it was ten minutes past three when lio had achieved this feat and looked about ur wo discovered again that we weini falling but not quickly not in a way to only we biad now nothing nothing at all to throw out so tarro was no rescue for us tho balloon sank mure anil more slowly and for ft long lime a few yank above alic ocean but it did not stay there wo lidid more danger to po through without parallel the balloon sank the ba sect slid along alie water drawn with lightning rapidity by its of gas nearly dead with anxiety wo clung to tho tho we shrieked wo trembled wo crouched wo tried to ovada boath choso whoso hand was outstretched to saizo us suddenly tho balloon again llew 1 twenty or thirty feet high and then again dragged us close over the water yet higher high as a hodio now it sank again and towed us on lie waves this fearful dauca lasted for full lire hours it was a continual hopping and springing of alic balloon according AS galo af wind took it if tho wind was weak the balloon sunk and our basket lying on its bide was drawn over tha sea but each strong gut hurried tho balloon and u with it up on hagli and more alinn once this and that one was hurled liala out of the basket aai it was wonderfully good fortuna that non of us adl actually IB thu water r imagine abia terrible hv hours strife ng unit death no you ann 61 tha wildcat fancy could not the reality I 1 cannot conceive how bicy for live bour such akrc alc about eight discovered ten milca aiom const by 1 sailor adilon bazol this ended alio witch dance hn ship so dexterously that lie fiAl up we had out of the thui roin tho air darted in the same lill it reached turkey aai daa wo leonrd lilar carao down town of ISilia cs in besnia bosnia a bazol conveyed to rola m astria TS tria where ato lidid mcd ical SAi lanc and feet were tiu andi brally swollen poor count awl to three fiby cn lingers that was my first and alio air I 1 iwo second one thick of into our basket by a mob aluch menaced UA with death then falli risby from alio sky soai liko light nin flying again to abo I 1 chion of ice frozen stiff again bcd down for jisc leonre aug waves Enit ched on high sub merged whirled about i ib Bult was diabolical humah bloh can conceive it is over it lies nine years L clun d me and as every past catarin cl tarin I 1 say to myself annd pieces I 1 liec lint I 1 add decidedly I 1 would bot time Translate dor ihyo from the frances dauw |