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PART II.
TRAVELS OF G. FLAMMARION.
 

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The instruments.....................    105

C. Flammarion.....................    107

The sun reflected by the clouds........,.......    121

The adieu.......................    122

We touch the top of the trees................    131

Leaving Paris in a balloon.................    132

The Seine and the Marne, as seen from the car in M. Flammarion's second

ascent........................    137

Captive ascent at Barbison.................    142

Butterflies hovering round the car of the balloon     ,    ,........    143

"Absolute silence reigns supreme in all its sad majesty^^     .......    149

"It is the Devil himself!"..................    156

" They are drowned !"..............,.....    157

A moonlight effect as seen from the balloon by M. Flammarion.....    163

" But the sceptre of the night is held by Jupiter "..........    167

A descent among a herd of cattle...............    171

"The lights of the evening fires were seen in the distant villages".....    172

" The sun appears like an immense beacon-light, placed upon layers of snow" .    175

" These fires seen from a distance were like lighthouses "     .......    181

The Chateau of Larochefoucault................    185

'^ Your passports, gentlemen !"    ................    186

The river Seine and the west of Paris—a view from the car of the balloon      .    189

The statue of Napoleon as seen from on high...........    196

Rain in the higher regions..................    197

Lunar halo observed by M. Flammarion (night of 14-15th July, 1867)   .    .    .    203'

A glance into space below, at night...............    205

The'banks of the Meuse..................    206

" The moon shines forth with peculiar brilliancy "...,......    209

" The orb of day has just appeared, and its golden disc rises among the purple

clouds"......................    213

The satellite balloons..............*.....    216

Ascent of M. Flammarion from the garden of the Conservatoire !    ....    217

Optical phenomenon observed by M. Flammarion......\   .    .    .    229
 

PART III.

TRAVELS OF MM. FONVIELLE AND TISSANDIER.

The " Giant" balloon and the " Imperial" balloon'.........    233

W. de Fonvielle.....................    235

" The new-comers fall, pell-mell, one over the other " .    .    .......    243

" ' It's the Giant smoking his pipe,' said some one ".........    249