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第2章 空中历险记 2（第1页）

第2章空中历险记（2）

"Mo;saidI，takingtheonlypossiblecourse，"youarehere，well!youaiomealohemaheaerostat。"

"Mo;repliedhe，"yoururbairelyFrench;itisofthesametrywithmyself!Ipressinimaginationthehandwhichyourefuseme。Takeyourmeasures—actasitmayseemgoodtoyou;Iwillwaittillyouhavee;

"To。"

"Toversewithyou。"

&erhadfalley-sixiaiofaboutsixhures，ahecity;whichsatisfiedmeofourpletequiesce，forIotjudgebyourmotionlessflags。hehorizontalvoyageofaballoon;itisthemassitwhichmoves。Akibathedtheobjededatourfeet，aheiroutlinesanindistiretted。Thehepassindicatedaslightteofloattowardsthesouth。

Ilookedagainatmypanion。Hewasamanofthirty，simplyclad;theboldoutlinesofhisfeaturesbetokeableenergy;heappearedverymuscular。Absorbediionofthissilentsuspension，heremainedimmovable，seekingtodistiswhichpassedbehhisview。

"Vexatiousmist!"saidhe，attheexpiratios。

Imadenoreply。

"Whatwouldyou?Ie;Iwasobligedtotakeyoubysurprise。"

"Noonehasaskedyoutodesd!"

"Asimilaroce，"heresumed，"happesofLaurendDampierre，whentheyasdedatLyohofJanuary，1784。Ayou，aiherailing，attheriskofupsettingtheequipage。Heaplishedthevoyage，andnobodywaskilled!"

"Oh，wewillverse!"saidI，piquedatthetohwhichhespoke。

"Bah!donottalk!"

"DoyouthiIshalldelaymydest?"

"Dest!"saidhe，withsurprise。"Letusasd!"

AndbeforeIcouldpreventhim，twobagsofsahrownout，withouteveied。

"Mo;saidI，angrily。

"Iknowyourskill，"repliedhe，posedly;"yourbrilliantasadesomeheworld。Experieerofpractice，butitisalsofirsttotheory，andIhaveloudiedtheaerostaticart。Ithasaffectedmybrain，"addedhe，sadly，fallingiorpor。

Theballriseionary;theunknowhebarometer，andsaid:

"Hereweareat800metres!Mes!See，Ithinkitisfromthisheightthatweshouldalwayslookatthem，tojudgecorreoralproportions!ThePlacedelaedieistraoa-hill。LookatthecrowdpiledupoheZeildiminishes。Weareabovethe。TheMaineisnowonlyawhitelinedividiy，andthisbridge，theMaine-Brucke，lookslikeawhitethreadthrowwobanksoftheriver。"

&mrewcooler。

"ThereisnothingIwillnotdoforyou，myhost，"saidmypanion。"Ifyouarecold，Iwilltakeoffmydleoyou。"

"Thanks!"

"ymakeslaws。Givemeyourhand，Iamyouran。Youshallbeinstructedbymypany，andmyversationshallpensateyoufortheannoyanceIhavecausedyou。"

&edmyself，with，attheoppositeextremityofthecar。Theyoungmanhaddrawnfromhisgreatinousportfolio;itwasaworkoion。

"Ipossess，"saidhe，"amostcurious，andcaricaturesappertainingtoouraerialmania。Thispreciousdiscoveryhasbeenatonceadmiredandridiculed。FortunatelyassedtheperiodwhentheMhttomakefactitiouscloudswiththevapourofwater;andofthegasaffegelectricproperties，whichtheyproducedbythepstrawwithchoppedwool。"

"Wouldyoudetraeritoftheseiions?"repliedI。"Wasitohaveprovedbyexperimentthepossibilityintheair?"

"Whodehegloryofthefirstaerialnavigators?Immensecewasoasdbymeansofthileenvelopeswhiedonlywarmair。Besides，hasicemadegreatprogresssiheassofBlano;

&ookfromhisanengraving。

"HereisthefirstaerialvoyageuakenbyPilatredesRosiersandtheMarquisd'Arlandes，fourmohediscoveryofballoons。LouisXVI。refusedhisttothisvoyage;twonedalsweretohavefirstattemptedaerialtravelling。PilatredesRosierswasindignantatthisinjustid，bymeansofartifice，susettingout。Thiscar，whidersthemaheballooneasy，hadnottheed;acirculargallerysurrouhelowerpartoftheaerostat。Thetwoaeronautsstatioheextremitiesofthisgallery。Thedampstraasfilledeheirmovements。Ag-disheheorificeoftheballoohevoyagerswishedtoasd，theythrew，withalongfork，strawuponthisbrazier，attheriskthemadtheair，gravetotheballoonanewasalforce。