"The  supporting  power  being  estimated  at  2,500
pounds,  and  the  united  weights  of  the  party  amount
ing  only  to  about  1,200,  there  was  left  a  surplus  of
1,300,  of  which  again  1,200  was  exhausted  by  bal
last,  arranged  in  bags  of  different  sizes,  with  their
respective  weights  marked  upon  them — by  cordage,
barometers,  telescopes,  barrels  containing  provision
for  a  fortnight,  water-casks,  cloaks,  carpet-bags,  and
various  other  indispensable  matters,  including  a  cof
fee-warmer,  contrived  for  warming  coffee  by  means
of  slack-lime,  so  as  to  dispense  altogether  with  fire,
if  it  should  be  judged  prudent  to  do  so.  All  these
articles,  with  the  exception  of  the  ballast,  and  a  few
trifles,  were  suspended  from  the  hoop  overhead.  The
car  is  much  smaller  and  lighter,  in  proportion,  than
the  one  appended  to  the  model.  It  is  formed  of  a
light  wicker,  and  is  wonderfully  strong,  for  so  frail-
looking  a  machine.  Its  rim  is  about  four  feet  deep.
The  rudder  is  also  very  much  larger,  in  proportion,
than  that  of  the  model ;  and  the  screw  is  considerably
smaller.  The  balloon  is  furnished  besides  with  a
grapnel  and  a  guide-rope,  which  latter  is  of  the
most  indispensable  importance.  A  few  words,  in
explanation,  will  here  be  necessary  for  such  of  our
readers  as  are  not  conversant  with  the  details  of
aerostation.
