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received. I still held the hoop of the balloon ; and the grappling 
iron, which I had thrown out when about a quarter of a mile from 
the earth, not taking firm hold, 1 was dragged on my back along the 
ground a considerable distance. The balloon was eventually secured, 
with the assistance of a gentleman named Waugh, and conveyed to a 
place of safety in his park, and I was afterwards most hospitably 
entertained at his mansion; to him my gratitude is due, and, but for 
his kind exertions, I have no doubt the balloon would have suffered 
considerable injury from the great crowd of persons that assembled 
on my descent. I believe, from the best calculation I can make, that 
I travelled altogether, in various directions, upwards of fifty miles.” 
The same gentleman made a second ascent shortly after, in the same 
balloon, from the Belvidere Tea Gardens, Pentonville. An immense con- 
course of people were assembled to witness the spectacle. The ascent 
took place about half-past three, and Mr. Green gives the following ac- 
count of his voyage: — ‘‘Having fastened the mooring ropes which held 
the balloon to the earth, I mounted the car, and standing upright therein, 
with a flag in each hand, I gave the signal for ascending; and, having 
made my obeisance to the ladies and gentlemen who were around me, 
the balloon then ascended to the atmosphere in the most majestic 
manner. The delight felt by thousands who witnessed the grand 
spectacle, was manifested by the most tremendous shouts of applause, 
clapping of hands, and waving of hankerchiefs. The balloon took 
at first a north-easterly direction. It passed over Hoxton, Hackney, 
and made towards the Essex coast. Precisely seven minutes after 
the balloon left the Belvidere-gardens, it entered a very dense cloud, 
and immediately the earth was obscured completely from my view, 
though I still heard the shoots of the people at Hackney and in the 
neighbourhood. On the balloon entering the cloud, it was twenty- 
three minutes to four o’clock, and the barometer stood at 24. 2-lOths. 
I understand the balloon remained in the sight of the spectators at 
the Belvidere precisely seven minutes. At a quarter to four, having 
risen very rapidly after going through the cloud, the gas stood at 
21-lOths. This was the utmost height the balloon reached, and the 
light and heat were quite oppressive to me, the former more than 
the latter ; and although the clouds were rolling beneath me, repre- 
senting to my view a sea of white dow'n, yet above me the sun shone 
with extreme brilliancy. At fifteen minutes before four o’clock I 
opened the valve to its utmost extremity, and descended most rapidly; 
having passed through the clouds, I heard the shouts of persons on 
the earth, and saw some riding, and others running in the direction 
which the balloon was taking. At ten minutes before four o’clock 
the balloon descended (having been twenty minutes precisely on its 
voyage, in which period of time it had travelled about fourteen miles) 
in a six-acre field belonging to Mr. Grout, a farmer, at Tanyard 
Farm, Barking-side, two miles from Ilford, in Essex.” Mr. Green 
took a carrier pigeon with him, and the moment he descended, he 
wrote on a paper— Ten minutes to four, descended quite safe near 
Barking, Essex.” This note he tied to the foot of the bird, and it 
arrived in the City-road before six o’clock, and the gratifying intelli- 
gence was communicated to Mr. Green’s wife, family, and friends. 
