Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 497
oneof the passengers, or an occasional creaking ofthe cordage. Contrary to what we had supposed,the higher we ascended the warmer it became.At a height of 4800 feet, the heat was uncom-fortable, and at 5200 feet, the highest pointreached during the afternoon, I was compelledto take off my coat to… … A VIEW OF CITY BLOCKS. the ground. At one time, there was but little cur-rent in the air, and we then were practically sta-tionary. For more than an hour, the big balloonhung suspended at almost the same point in ref-erence to the ground. The sound of the seawaves resembled the music from some…
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