ON THKEE BALLOON ASCENTS IN 1865 AND 1866. 

 Table I. b (continued). 



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(1) Clouda under us look very fine ; fields and their boundaries very clear ; can hear 

 clock striking ; sand thrown out. (2) 45 seconds crossing a field. (3) Sand thrown out. 



(4) Uniform dense cloud obscuring the moon and every star. 



(5) Large detached clouds under. (6) Sky cloudy above. 



(7) Detached clouds in many places over land. (8) Fine appearance. 



(9) Thermometer on wool read 23°-5, that in space 20°-5. 



(10) Cannot see moon ; direction by compass N.W. 



(11) Thermometer on wool 23°-5, that in space 20°-3. (12) Sand discharged. 

 (13) Near Tring; entered a different current of wind and changed direction to N.N.E,, 



a S.S.W. wind. (14) Kailway train appears like a meteor. 



(15) Cold to sense. (16) Sand discharged. 



(17) A town visible nearly to the N. of us ; ? Dunstable. 



