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The balloons which are filled with inflammable air, but no comparison in point of excellence to young Astley, who is in reality a balloon filled with old English courage, for, while he leaps over the garter, any person may count five. This feat throws Lunardi, Blanchard, Enslen, and every other aireal [sic] traveller quite in the shade, while the cheering rays of publick [sic] approbation render comfortable the existence of this spirited adventurer.
