Also by winding up his Wheel, he might, if the Weather was moderate, bring himself _down_ to the Grapple, which might be so contrived as to _run down_ the Rope, and remain at the Bottom, by Means of a Knot, or other Check. He might also _loose_ his Grapple, and _rise_ again: or when down; pull the Valve-Cord, and land. 298. 5. With a +second+ short Cable, snatch Block and Grapple, he woud be able to _moor_ the Balloon, from which, he might, by procuring the Country People to load the Car with fresh Ballast equal in Weight to himself;—get out, and even leave the Balloon in their Care. The Precaution of knowing whether he was over a fresh Water-Lake, (for he might hear the Sea) might be useful in misty and low cloudy Weather by Day, or during the Night; without expending Gass in the _exploratory_ Descent. 298. 6. To facilitate the landing, the _Signal-Rope_ may be used to the greatest Advantage, particularly in windy Weather; by _lowering out_ a Part, or the Whole, whether a Mile, or Mile and half, so that the Grapple may take Effect on the Ground, at the Distance of its Length _by Estimation_, _short_ of the Place where the Balloon is intended to land. As soon as the Grapple _holds_; it is in the Option of the Aironaut, to tye Parcels of his Ballast _loosely_ round the Cable, to run downwards along with it. (For _which Purpose_, Iron-Rings with _Spring-Swivels_, which _open_ by _Pressure_ of the Fingers, and _shut_ of themselves, might answer better than the _leathern Thongs_, as the former might be put, in _an Instant_, round the Cable, and woud run down _quicker_.) These Parcels of Ballast are to be sent down, in Succession, till the Balloon has acquired such Degrees of +false levity+, as will be sufficient to counteract that Tendency which the Wind will have to _depress_ the Car of the Balloon forcibly on the Surface, so long as it is connected with the Grapple _on the Ground_. 298. 7. When this Point is effected, the Balloon will remain suspended in the Air; and being acted upon by the Wind, will be pressed into a Direction approaching to an horizontal Line, in Proportion to the encreasing Power of the Wind. And here the Necessity of having the Cable fastened to a Center above the Car, in order to retain its Perpendicularity, is most evident. The Aironaut, in this Situation, may venture to wind up the Cable _gradually_, and descend, to the Grapple.