. The travels and surprising adventures of Baron Munchausen; . Gog in his balloon soon stopped Wauwau in themidst of her career, and snared her in a net, thecords of which he continued to hold in his did not totally lose her presence of mind,but, after a little consideration, made several violentdarts against the volume of the balloon; so fierce,as at length to tear open a great space, on whichthe inflammable air rushing out, the whole appa-ratus began to tumble to the earth with amazing-rapidity. Gog himself was thrown out of the ve-hicle, and letting go the reins of the net, Wauw
. The travels and surprising adventures of Baron Munchausen; . Gog in his balloon soon stopped Wauwau in themidst of her career, and snared her in a net, thecords of which he continued to hold in his did not totally lose her presence of mind,but, after a little consideration, made several violentdarts against the volume of the balloon; so fierce,as at length to tear open a great space, on whichthe inflammable air rushing out, the whole appa-ratus began to tumble to the earth with amazing-rapidity. Gog himself was thrown out of the ve-hicle, and letting go the reins of the net, Wauwaugot liberty again, and flew out of sight in an instant. BAKON MUNCHAUSEN. 225 Gog had been above a mile elevated from theearth when he began to fall; and as he advanced,the rapidity increased, so that he went like a ballfrom a cannon into the morass, and his nose strik-ing against one of the iron-capped hands of hisbrother Magog, just then rising from the depths, hebegan to bleed violently, and, but for the softnessof the morass, w^ould have lost his 226 ORIGINAL TRAVELS OF &UixvUx mxi}i-^i^icj(ji\x&.
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