asphyxia, and believed I should experience nothing more, as death would come unless we speedily descended; other thoughts were entering my mind, when I suddenly became unconscious.... I cannot tell anything of the sense of hearing, as no sound reaches the air to break the perfect stillness and silence of the regions between six and seven miles above the earth. My last observation was made at 1 hour 54 min., above 29,000 feet.... Whilst powerless I heard the words, 'temperature' and 'observation,' and I knew Mr. Coxwell was in the car speaking to and endeavouring to rouse me.... I then heard him speak more emphatically, but could not see, speak, or move. I heard him again say, 'Do try; now do!' Then the instruments became dimly visible, then Mr. Coxwell, and very shortly I saw clearly.... Mr. Coxwell told me that while in the ring he felt it piercingly cold, that hoarfrost was all round the neck of the balloon, and that on attempting to leave the ring he found his hands frozen. He had, therefore, to place his arms on the ring and drop down.... He wished to approach me, but could not; and when he felt insensibility coming over him too, he became anxious to open the valve. But in consequence of having lost the use of his hands he could not do this; ultimately he succeeded, by seizing the cord with his teeth, and dipping his head two or three times, until the balloon took a decided turn downwards. No inconvenience followed my insensibility; and when we dropped, it was in a country where no conveyance of any kind could be obtained, so I had to walk between seven and eight miles.... I have already said that my last observation was made at a height of 29,000 feet; at this time (1 hour 54 min.) we were ascending at the rate of 1000 feet per minute; and when I resumed observations we were descending at the rate of 2000 feet per minute. These two positions must be connected, taking into account the interval of time between, viz. 13 minutes, and on these considerations the balloon must have attained the altitude of 36,000 or 37,000 feet. Again, a very delicate minimum thermometer read minus 11∞.9, and this would give a height of 37,000 feet. Mr. Coxwell, on coming from the ring, noticed that the centre of the aneroid barometer, its blue hand, and a rope attached to the car were all in the same straight line, and this gave a reading of seven inches and leads to the same result. Therefore, these independent means all lead to about the same elevation, viz. fully seven miles."