exii Proceedings of the Asiatic Soc. of Bengal. [N.S., XVII, 
This applies to day-light fights only, and at night we have 
to rely on mere leakage, and take the chance of the instrument 
drifting for very long distances, such as from Agra to Bengal, 
before it reaches ground. 
The basket in which the instrument hangs effects the 
double purpose of protecting the instrument from rough handl- 
ing by the finder, and of forming a conspicuous object to 
attract attention as it lies on the ground awaiting recovery. 
The latter purpose is helped by the small ‘ twinklers” of tin- 
foil (gg ) attached flexibly to the basket, as they blow about in 
the wind and scintillate in the sunlight. 
. 
33. The results of these balloon flights can perhaps best 
scientific exhibits, so that no apology is necessary here for the 
blemishes inseparable from records which have gone through 
so strange an experience as these have, including the shock 
ee earth and subsequent handling by the finders. 
of 
Photographic reproduction of the delicate originals is not an 
