The Upper Air
An expenenci lowing glowing description of anee of the upper rtïgion ■ u froiu-a balloon : " Above oui' hi a la risi i h nuble roof- a vast doiue of the deepest blue. [11 the eafit may, perhap b Been thiof :i raiubow, on ; be toi isbing ; in the west, I Ivt-ring the adges of th broken elou.l■ ■ ■ ■ , i uioun - '" the uthiT, uiui ubove mountain, ti! are oolored by tl uu oi nnpact mi il as if Ta by aval . ir i . luavenients of glacii n Beem huilt up r quartz, or even monda ; dome-like, iuitni i rioe upward ; othors reserublo }y. n whose side are in rough outlnie. scènes are so varied andso beantitu), we t'fd lint we üould ten wandel abovs these oloudlcss plains." Au eininunl ualluoniül -s : ■■ Lho mi teorological fact has been Pstablishoii t ha t whenever n fall of rain oocurs aul the si; y is d the same time enti cast with cloudi, there wil! be fouud ti exiat another stratuni of clouds n e tain elevution aïiove the tonner. 80. also, wben the sky is overeas: is altogethor, or generally, abseut. ampie: At one time the sky iv,, nompletely overspread with clouds, and rain fel) in torrents. üpon quil . eartli the balloon was ahnoet mmediuti iy onveloped in clouds, thrpugh wbich it tinned to work its way upward for ;i few seconds. Upon emerging n the gidfi of t.his dense oanopy, a vacant ■ of' soiae thousand fort in bread h 1 vened, above which lay another stratum of similar form, and observing a similai character Bain oontinue tliis seoond layer of clouds. A third layer existed ut a still furtber 1 and so altérnate rain olouda and epacea existed for a seemine tndefiniti ífho whistleof a locomotive lisos to the height of 10,000 feet; the noise of a railway train to 8,200 feet ; the barking of r dog to 5,900 feet; the report of a muaket is heard to about the samo height ; the ghouting of men and nomen cm be heard a. b'igh us 5,000 feet; and ut this altitudo the crowing of a cock and tli sound of a church lell aro audible. A; the height of 4,550 feet the roll of a drum ar)d the musio of au prchestra n; tznctly heard. At ö.2;jj fee( a ntan's voioe may make itself heard. The rolling ot a cart on the pavement can be d guished somewhat higher; and, in tbc stillness of the nielit, the cdurse of a river, or even that of a smal] stream, produces at this elevation almost thu i of a high waterfall. At the heigij t of 3,000 feet tho croaking of frogs ia a morass ia heard in all its intensity ; acd Bven the shuii) note of the móle cricket , . Sistinguished easily at an altitüde of 2&0Ü ïeuX.- Daily Graphic.
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