第3章空中历险记（3）
"Thetwoboldnavigatorsasthe21stofNovember，1783，fromthegardensofLaMuette，whichtheDauphinhadplacedattheirdisposal。Theaerostatrosemajestically，passedtheIsledeses，crossedtheSeiheBarrieredelad，diregitswaybetweeheInvalidesandL'Eilitaire，approachedSt。Sulpitheaeronautsihefire，asded，clearedtheBoulevard，anddesdedbeyondtheBarriered'Etouchedtheground，thecollapsed，aredesRosiersbesfolds。"
"Unfortunatepresage!"saidI，ihesedetails，whiearlye。
&queofhiscatastrophe，"repliedtheunknown，withsad;Youhaveexperiehingsimilar?"
"Nothing!"
"Bah!Misfortuepresage。"Andheremai。
Wewereadvangtowardsthesouth;themagediionofFrankfort，whichwasflyihourfeet。
"Perhapsweshallhaveastorm，"saidtheyoungman。
"Wewilldesdfirst。"
"Iwillbebettertoasd;emoresurely;"andtwobagsofsahro>
Theballoonroserapidly，awelvehuheowiherewasaslightbuzzinginmyears。heraysofthesulyontheglobe，and，dilatied，gaveitagreaterasalforce。Iid。
&qu，"saidtheyoungma;Wehavethreethousandfivehuoisesofrespirableair。Youroubleyourselfabs。"
Iwouldhaverisen，butavigoroushaainedmeo。
"Your;askedI。
"Myname!howdoesityou?"
"Ihavethehonourtoaskyour;
"IamcalledErostratusorEmpedocles，asyouplease。Areyouiheprogressofaerostatice?"
Hespokewithiess，andIaskedmyselfwithwhomIhadtodo。
"Mo;uedhe，"nothingedsihedaysofthephilosopherCharles。Fourmohediscoveryofaerostats，hehadihevalve，whichpermitsthegastoestheballoonistoofull，orwheodesd;thecar，whiaetobeeasilymawork，whiclosesthefabricoftheballoosbeingtooheavilypressed;theballast，whichisusedinasdgthespotofdest;thecoatofcaoutchouc，whidersthesilkimpermeable;thebarometer，whichdetermiained;and，finally，thehydrogen，which，fourteeerthanair，allowsofasostdistantatmosphericlayers，asexposuretoaerialbustioofDecember，1783，threehuhousahrouileries。Charlesasdthesoldierspresentedarms。Hetravelledniheair:managinghismaewithaskillneversincesurpassediicexperiments。TheKingferredonhimapensionoftwothousandlivres，forinthosedaysiionswereenced。Foreveryoerestedintheprogressofsce。"
Theunknowhaviolentagitation。
"I，Monsieur，havestudied;Iamsatisfiedthatthefirstaeronautsguidedtheirballoons。NottospeakofBlanchard，whhtbedoubted，atDijon，Guytoheaidofoarsandahelm，impartedtohismaesperceptiblemotions，adecideddireoreretly，atParis，awatchmaker，M。Julien，hasmadeattheHippodromegexperiments;for，articularmeism，anaerialapparatusofoblongformwasmalypropelledagainstthewiinplacedfourballoohhydrogen，injuxtaposition，and，bymeansofsailsdisposedhorizontallyandpartiallyfurled，hopedtoobtainadisturbaheequilibrium，whiius，shouldpelittoah。Butthemotivepowerdestiosurmouanceofts，—theheliginamovablemedium，wasunsuccessful。Ihavediscoveredtheohodofguidingballoons，andnotanAcademyhasyassistaacityhasfilledmysubslists，hasdeigeisinfamous!"
Hisgestisweresofuriousthatthecarexperieoss;Ihadmuchdiffirestraininghim。Meaheballooeredamorerapidt。Wewereadvanasoutherlydire，at1200metresi，almostaedtothisure。
"ThereisDarmstadt，"saidmypanion。"Doyouperceiveitsmageau?Thestorm-akestheoutlinesofobjectswaver;anditrequiresapractisedeyeties。"
"YouarethatitisDarmstadt?"
"Undoubtedly;wearesixleaguesfromFrankfort。"
"Thedesd。"
"Desd!youwouldnotalightupoeeples!"saidtheunknown，mogly。
"No;butintheenviroy。"
"Well，itistoowarm;letusremountalittle。"
&hus，heseizedsomebagsofballast。Iprecipitatedmyselfuponhim;but，withonehahrewme，aenedballoooaheightof1500metres。
"Sitdown，"saidhe，"anddetthatBrioschi，Biot，andGay-Lussadedtoaheightofseventhousares，iablishsomeificlaws。"