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coast of istria. The car several times touched the wave? j 

 RiiU the travellers were carried ia this manner over the sur- 

 face of the sea lor five hours, every moment ia expectation 

 of being swallowed up bv it. At eight o'clock on Satur- 

 day morning they were about twenty Italian miles from the 

 harbour of Veruda in Istria, when they were fortunately 

 picked up and saved from destruction by Anthony Bazol, 

 master of a large bark, who accidentally discovered them. 

 The balloon was abanJoncd to the wind, which drove it to- 

 wards the mountain of Opcro, and in all probability it has' 

 been conveyed to Dalmatiai The aerial travellers, having 

 their feet and hands quite benumbed, arrived in the above 

 bark in the harbour of Pola, where they remained four days tor 

 recover from their fatigue. This morning, at eight o'clock, 

 they arrived here, and gave the above account of their expe- 

 dition. Their journey from the coast of Romagna to Istria 

 vas about twenty German miles. Had tiiey not fallen in 

 with the before-mentioned master of a bark, they no doubt 

 must have been buried in the waves. The aerial travellers 

 were received here with great hospitality; but they seem to 

 have no desire of undertaking another aiirial e.N'cursion at 

 midnight. 



Genoa, October 24» 



According to further accounts from Venice, one of the 

 aeronauts, whose misfortune we already have announced, 

 count Zambeccari, has altogether lost the use of his hands. It 

 appears that these philosophers ascended to a greater height 

 than any person ever did. Before Bazol observed tlicm 

 and saved their lives, they were seen by a boatman of Lor- 

 rono in Istria; but as he thought he saw the devil in the air 

 surrounded by a globe of fire, he rowed from them as fast 

 as possible, and left them exposed to their fate. 



Bologna, October 27. 

 Private letters from Venice represent the present state of 

 the unfortunate aeronaut, count Zambeccari, as very me- 

 lancholy. It has alreadv been found necessary to amputate 

 his frozen fingers. His two companions. Dr. Grassetti 

 and M. Andreoli, have come off better: the former has 

 arrived at this place. The other two are at Venice. The 

 journey they performed amounts to 30 German miles. 

 When they arrived at Pola, they were immediately blooded 

 by a surgeon, and their hands and Icct were so much 

 swelled that it was found necessary to nuke incisions in 

 the skin. 



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