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The
night
passed
in
the
midst
of
alarms
which
would
have
been
death
to
less
energetic
souls
.
Again
the
day
appeared
and
with
it
the
tempest
began
to
moderate
.
From
the
beginning
of
that
day
,
the
24th
of
March
,
it
showed
symptoms
of
abating
.
At
dawn
,
some
of
the
lighter
clouds
had
risen
into
the
more
lofty
regions
of
the
air
.
In
a
few
hours
the
wind
had
changed
from
a
hurricane
to
a
fresh
breeze
,
that
is
to
say
,
the
rate
of
the
transit
of
the
atmospheric
layers
was
diminished
by
half
.
It
was
still
what
sailors
call
"
a
close-reefed
topsail
breeze
,
"
but
the
commotion
in
the
elements
had
none
the
less
considerably
diminished
.
Towards
eleven
o'clock
,
the
lower
region
of
the
air
was
sensibly
clearer
.
The
atmosphere
threw
off
that
chilly
dampness
which
is
felt
after
the
passage
of
a
great
meteor
.
The
storm
did
not
seem
to
have
gone
farther
to
the
west
.
It
appeared
to
have
exhausted
itself
.
Could
it
have
passed
away
in
electric
sheets
,
as
is
sometimes
the
case
with
regard
to
the
typhoons
of
the
Indian
Ocean
?
But
at
the
same
time
,
it
was
also
evident
that
the
balloon
was
again
slowly
descending
with
a
regular
movement
.
It
appeared
as
if
it
were
,
little
by
little
,
collapsing
,
and
that
its
case
was
lengthening
and
extending
,
passing
from
a
spherical
to
an
oval
form
.
Towards
midday
the
balloon
was
hovering
above
the
sea
at
a
height
of
only
2,000
feet
.
It
contained
50,000
cubic
feet
of
gas
,
and
,
thanks
to
its
capacity
,
it
could
maintain
itself
a
long
time
in
the
air
,
although
it
should
reach
a
great
altitude
or
might
be
thrown
into
a
horizontal
position
.
Perceiving
their
danger
,
the
passengers
cast
away
the
last
articles
which
still
weighed
down
the
car
,
the
few
provisions
they
had
kept
,
everything
,
even
to
their
pocket-knives
,
and
one
of
them
,
having
hoisted
himself
on
to
the
circles
which
united
the
cords
of
the
net
,
tried
to
secure
more
firmly
the
lower
point
of
the
balloon
.
It
was
,
however
,
evident
to
the
voyagers
that
the
gas
was
failing
,
and
that
the
balloon
could
no
longer
be
sustained
in
the
higher
regions
.
They
must
infallibly
perish
!
There
was
not
a
continent
,
nor
even
an
island
,
visible
beneath
them
.
The
watery
expanse
did
not
present
a
single
speck
of
land
,
not
a
solid
surface
upon
which
their
anchor
could
hold
.
It
was
the
open
sea
,
whose
waves
were
still
dashing
with
tremendous
violence
!
It
was
the
ocean
,
without
any
visible
limits
,
even
for
those
whose
gaze
,
from
their
commanding
position
,
extended
over
a
radius
of
forty
miles
.
The
vast
liquid
plain
,
lashed
without
mercy
by
the
storm
,
appeared
as
if
covered
with
herds
of
furious
chargers
,
whose
white
and
disheveled
crests
were
streaming
in
the
wind
.
No
land
was
in
sight
,
not
a
solitary
ship
could
be
seen
.
It
was
necessary
at
any
cost
to
arrest
their
downward
course
,
and
to
prevent
the
balloon
from
being
engulfed
in
the
waves
.
The
voyagers
directed
all
their
energies
to
this
urgent
work
.
But
,
notwithstanding
their
efforts
,
the
balloon
still
fell
,
and
at
the
same
time
shifted
with
the
greatest
rapidity
,
following
the
direction
of
the
wind
,
that
is
to
say
,
from
the
northeast
to
the
southwest
.
Frightful
indeed
was
the
situation
of
these
unfortunate
men
.
They
were
evidently
no
longer
masters
of
the
machine
.
All
their
attempts
were
useless
.
The
case
of
the
balloon
collapsed
more
and
more
.
The
gas
escaped
without
any
possibility
of
retaining
it
.
Their
descent
was
visibly
accelerated
,
and
soon
after
midday
the
car
hung
within
600
feet
of
the
ocean
.
It
was
impossible
to
prevent
the
escape
of
gas
,
which
rushed
through
a
large
rent
in
the
silk
.
By
lightening
the
car
of
all
the
articles
which
it
contained
,
the
passengers
had
been
able
to
prolong
their
suspension
in
the
air
for
a
few
hours
.
But
the
inevitable
catastrophe
could
only
be
retarded
,
and
if
land
did
not
appear
before
night
,
voyagers
,
car
,
and
balloon
must
to
a
certainty
vanish
beneath
the
waves
.
