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They
now
resorted
to
the
only
remaining
expedient
.
They
were
truly
dauntless
men
,
who
knew
how
to
look
death
in
the
face
.
Not
a
single
murmur
escaped
from
their
lips
.
They
were
determined
to
struggle
to
the
last
minute
,
to
do
anything
to
retard
their
fall
.
The
car
was
only
a
sort
of
willow
basket
,
unable
to
float
,
and
there
was
not
the
slightest
possibility
of
maintaining
it
on
the
surface
of
the
sea
.
Two
more
hours
passed
and
the
balloon
was
scarcely
400
feet
above
the
water
.
At
that
moment
a
loud
voice
,
the
voice
of
a
man
whose
heart
was
inaccessible
to
fear
,
was
heard
.
To
this
voice
responded
others
not
less
determined
.
"
Is
everything
thrown
out
?
"
"
No
,
here
are
still
2,000
dollars
in
gold
.
"
A
heavy
bag
immediately
plunged
into
the
sea
.
"
Does
the
balloon
rise
?
"
"
A
little
,
but
it
will
not
be
long
before
it
falls
again
.
"
"
What
still
remains
to
be
thrown
out
?
"
"
Nothing
.
"
"
Yes
!
the
car
!
"
"
Let
us
catch
hold
of
the
net
,
and
into
the
sea
with
the
car
.
"
This
was
,
in
fact
,
the
last
and
only
mode
of
lightening
the
balloon
.
The
ropes
which
held
the
car
were
cut
,
and
the
balloon
,
after
its
fall
,
mounted
2,000
feet
.
The
five
voyagers
had
hoisted
themselves
into
the
net
,
and
clung
to
the
meshes
,
gazing
at
the
abyss
.
The
delicate
sensibility
of
balloons
is
well
known
.
It
is
sufficient
to
throw
out
the
lightest
article
to
produce
a
difference
in
its
vertical
position
.
The
apparatus
in
the
air
is
like
a
balance
of
mathematical
precision
.
It
can
be
thus
easily
understood
that
when
it
is
lightened
of
any
considerable
weight
its
movement
will
be
impetuous
and
sudden
.
So
it
happened
on
this
occasion
.
But
after
being
suspended
for
an
instant
aloft
,
the
balloon
began
to
redescend
,
the
gas
escaping
by
the
rent
which
it
was
impossible
to
repair
.
The
men
had
done
all
that
men
could
do
.
No
human
efforts
could
save
them
now
.
They
must
trust
to
the
mercy
of
Him
who
rules
the
elements
.
At
four
o'clock
the
balloon
was
only
500
feet
above
the
surface
of
the
water
.
A
loud
barking
was
heard
.
A
dog
accompanied
the
voyagers
,
and
was
held
pressed
close
to
his
master
in
the
meshes
of
the
net
.
"
Top
has
seen
something
,
"
cried
one
of
the
men
.
Then
immediately
a
loud
voice
shouted
,
