A Tear of pure Delight flashed in his Eye! of pure and exquisite Delight and Rapture; to look down on the unexpected Change already wrought in the Works of Art and Nature, contrasted to a Span by the +new perspective+, diminished almost beyond the Bounds of Credibility. Yet so far were the Objects from losing their Beauty, that +each+ was +brought up+ in a new Manner to the Eye, and distinguished by a Strength of Colouring, a Neatness and Elegance of Boundary, above Description charming! The endless Variety of Objects, minute, distinct and separate, tho’ apparently on the same Plain or Level, at once linking the Eye without a Change of its Position, astonished and enchanted. Their Beauty was unparalelled. The Imagination itself was more than gratified; _it was overwhelmed_. The gay Scene was Fairy-Land, and Chester Lilliput. He tried his Voice, and shouted for Joy. His Voice was unknown to himself, shrill and feeble. There was no Echo. [Sidenote: Let down the white Flag, 2 Furlongs, equal to half the Length of the Twine on one Reel.] [Sidenote: Its Uses.] 40. He then returned to an Employment which, tho’ irksome, he imagined would contribute to the Amusement and Information of Spectators below, if it coud be completed while he continued in Sight; as it woud furnish them with Ideas of Height and Distance, altogether new and interesting, _as will be seen in their proper Place_: and unwound half the Reel; the white Flag hanging out to the Length of 440 Yards or a Quarter of a Mile. [Sidenote: The Reel defective.] 41. The circular Motion of the Balloon was communicated to the Loop in the Middle of one Side of the Lath or Reel, round which from End to End the Twine was wrapped, and by which it hung on his Finger, and pressed it to a Degree of Pain.[11] [Sidenote: The Employment again suspended.] The Work was again suspended. He coud not long withstand the Temptation of indulging his Eye with a View of the glorious and enchanting Prospect. [Sidenote: The Beautiful preferred to the Sublime, in Prospects.] 42. But the Beautiful among the Objects below was still more attractive than the Sublime among those around. [Sidenote: Inverted Firmament what.] On looking down South by West, the Balloon often turning gently to the right and left, and giving the Aironaut an Opportunity of enjoying the circular View without a Change of Attitude; innumerable Rays of Light darted on the Eye as it glanced along the Ground: which, tho’ of a gay green Colour, appeared like an inverted Firmament glittering with Stars of the first Magnitude. 43. This splendid Appearance was owing to the Rays of the Sun reflected from certain Pits or Ponds of Water, of which there is one at least in most Fields or Inclosures throughout the County: but particularly in the low Grounds of Leach-Eye and Dodleston. [Sidenote: Broad Turnpike Road a narrow Foot Path.]