CHAPTERXXXIII.Section 187.THE Balloon alightedneartheMiddleof amoss; calledrixton-moss, a Place he had never before heard of.Rixton-Moss, its Magnitude.It was a large Tract of unenclosedwetLand, above four Miles long and above two broad, intersected by Ditches or Water Courses, which divide the Moss into Fields of amoderateSize. The whole is surrounded bytallForest Trees.This was thelesserof the two dusky Plains, which appeared about the Size of a Handkerchief, and which he wished to decipher, but in vain.188. Rixton-Moss is situated five Miles North North East of Warrington, and a little to the left of the Turnpike Road leading from thence to Manchester, and 25 from Chester.189. He has since been informed that the other Plain, about the Sizeof a moderateCarpet,Chat-Moss in Lancashire.was nolessa Place thanchat moss, a vastTractof barrenwetLand,manyMiles in Extent.TheRivuletseen whenabove, was the River Mersey near Warrington.190. Curiosity tempted him to make particular Enquiry concerning the Rivulet over which he hung,admiringthe Beauty of its serpentine Meanders; and, from a Description given of his Manouvres overLymm, situated to the East of Warrington, and from a peculiar Curve, appearing in the Form of atrue Lover’s Knot, when over the Gunpowder Water-Mills, he was convinced theRivuletcoud have been nootherthan the broad Branch of the RiverMersey.The Excursion performed in two Hours and a Quarter.191. Theaërial excursionwas 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 certainthat the Balloon,Balloon, unknown to the Aironaut, going at the Rate of 30 Miles an Hour.excluding the Force ofAscent, must have movedforwards, 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 achromaticView above theLevelof the Clouds, of the Country fromChestertoRixton-Moss, is to front theleftPage, at the End of this Chapter.END OF THE RE-ASCENT.
CHAPTERXXXIII.
Section 187.THE Balloon alightedneartheMiddleof amoss; calledrixton-moss, a Place he had never before heard of.
Rixton-Moss, its Magnitude.
It was a large Tract of unenclosedwetLand, above four Miles long and above two broad, intersected by Ditches or Water Courses, which divide the Moss into Fields of amoderateSize. The whole is surrounded bytallForest Trees.
This was thelesserof the two dusky Plains, which appeared about the Size of a Handkerchief, and which he wished to decipher, but in vain.
188. Rixton-Moss is situated five Miles North North East of Warrington, and a little to the left of the Turnpike Road leading from thence to Manchester, and 25 from Chester.
189. He has since been informed that the other Plain, about the Sizeof a moderateCarpet,Chat-Moss in Lancashire.was nolessa Place thanchat moss, a vastTractof barrenwetLand,manyMiles in Extent.
TheRivuletseen whenabove, was the River Mersey near Warrington.
190. Curiosity tempted him to make particular Enquiry concerning the Rivulet over which he hung,admiringthe Beauty of its serpentine Meanders; and, from a Description given of his Manouvres overLymm, situated to the East of Warrington, and from a peculiar Curve, appearing in the Form of atrue Lover’s Knot, when over the Gunpowder Water-Mills, he was convinced theRivuletcoud have been nootherthan the broad Branch of the RiverMersey.
The Excursion performed in two Hours and a Quarter.
191. Theaërial excursionwas 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 certainthat the Balloon,Balloon, unknown to the Aironaut, going at the Rate of 30 Miles an Hour.excluding the Force ofAscent, must have movedforwards, 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 achromaticView above theLevelof the Clouds, of the Country fromChestertoRixton-Moss, is to front theleftPage, at the End of this Chapter.
END OF THE RE-ASCENT.