190. Curiosity tempted him to make particular Enquiry concerning the Rivulet over which he hung, admiring the Beauty of its serpentine Meanders; and, from a Description given of his Manouvres over Lymm, situated to the East of Warrington, and from a peculiar Curve, appearing in the Form of a true Lover’s Knot, when over the Gunpowder Water-Mills, he was convinced the Rivulet coud have been no other than the broad Branch of the River Mersey.
The Excursion performed in two Hours and a Quarter.
191. The aërial excursion was performed in two Hours, and a Quarter, within two Minutes.
The Distance of the Balloon-Course, if traced along the Ground, 30 Miles. Section 130.
192. In comparing the Dates at Bellair and Rixton-Moss; it is certain that the Balloon,Balloon, unknown to the Aironaut, going at the Rate of 30 Miles an Hour. excluding the Force of Ascent, must have moved forwards, during some Part of the Re-ascent, at least at the Rate of 30 Miles an Hour: tho’ the Aironaut, for the most Part, imagined he was gliding throu’ a serene Atmosphere.
Probably the progressive Motion was encreased, from the Time the unusual Sound was heard, in Section 162.
Note: The Print, representing a chromatic View above the Level of the Clouds, of the Country from Chester to Rixton-Moss, is to front the left Page, at the End of this Chapter.
END OF THE RE-ASCENT.
