A summer in northern lands; the journal of a trip to Scandinavia . A SUMMER IN NORTHERN LANDS 161 erected by that hardened, old infidel, Fred-erick the Great, in 1747-73. In the after-noon the boys and I went to the Arsenal,where we saw some fine old armor. Afterreturning to the hotel, I happened to lookout of the window of my room and saw aZeppelin away over in the direction of Pots-dam. After watching it a minute, I saw itwas coming in our direction, so I called thefamily to the window and Raphael got aphotograph of it when passing quite a few minutes it returned, going back theway i
A summer in northern lands; the journal of a trip to Scandinavia . A SUMMER IN NORTHERN LANDS 161 erected by that hardened, old infidel, Fred-erick the Great, in 1747-73. In the after-noon the boys and I went to the Arsenal,where we saw some fine old armor. Afterreturning to the hotel, I happened to lookout of the window of my room and saw aZeppelin away over in the direction of Pots-dam. After watching it a minute, I saw itwas coming in our direction, so I called thefamily to the window and Raphael got aphotograph of it when passing quite a few minutes it returned, going back theway it had come. The wind was light fromthe west, however, the balloon seemed tomake but slow progress beating against best the Zeppelin is a big, clumsy af-fair and, considering the cost, I do not seehow they can be of much use in a war. Theyare far too slow in their movements and toomuch at the mercy of the wind. I noticedthe following advertisement in a paper thismorning:Passenger Trips by the Zeppelin AirshipHANSAfrom the airship-sheds at
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