CHAPTERXXVIII.An uncommon Sound in the Air.Section 162.AT 40 Minutes past III, when the Balloon wasapparentlysome Miles above the Level and Summit of the Clouds; asuddenand uncommonSoundwas heard for three or four Seconds only.A Sort ofhollowWind seemed issuing from a Plain of Clouds in the North-East Quarter, greatly below the Balloon: which assuddenlyceased.An unusual Motion communicated to the Balloon.The Instant the Sound was heard; a gentle Motion wasimpressedon theBalloon, as if by a Hand touchingitnear theTop.163. Clouds to the North-East appeared, for the first Time, inrapidMotion towards the Balloon.Theysaileddirectlyunderit: filled up the Chasm, and drew awhiteVeil overall terrestrialObjects.164. It has beensinceimagined, thata fresh Winddescendedfrom the South-West QuarterConjecture in the Cause of the Motion.in the upper Current, and was heard in the North-East, being ecchoed from the upper Tier of Cloudsbelow: and that the Balloon, finding less Resistance than therangeof Clouds, soon overtook and passed them: particularly as the lower Part of thewhiteFlag vibrated only in the usual Direction.165. Theencreasedprogressive Motion of the Balloon wasnotperceived (Section 18): being considered as atRest, and theapparentMotionreferredto theClouds.
CHAPTERXXVIII.
An uncommon Sound in the Air.
Section 162.AT 40 Minutes past III, when the Balloon wasapparentlysome Miles above the Level and Summit of the Clouds; asuddenand uncommonSoundwas heard for three or four Seconds only.
A Sort ofhollowWind seemed issuing from a Plain of Clouds in the North-East Quarter, greatly below the Balloon: which assuddenlyceased.
An unusual Motion communicated to the Balloon.
The Instant the Sound was heard; a gentle Motion wasimpressedon theBalloon, as if by a Hand touchingitnear theTop.
163. Clouds to the North-East appeared, for the first Time, inrapidMotion towards the Balloon.
Theysaileddirectlyunderit: filled up the Chasm, and drew awhiteVeil overall terrestrialObjects.
164. It has beensinceimagined, thata fresh Winddescendedfrom the South-West QuarterConjecture in the Cause of the Motion.in the upper Current, and was heard in the North-East, being ecchoed from the upper Tier of Cloudsbelow: and that the Balloon, finding less Resistance than therangeof Clouds, soon overtook and passed them: particularly as the lower Part of thewhiteFlag vibrated only in the usual Direction.
165. Theencreasedprogressive Motion of the Balloon wasnotperceived (Section 18): being considered as atRest, and theapparentMotionreferredto theClouds.