Lieutenant Depret-Bixio, of . the French Army, ( ia quoted by the "Scienitific American" as saying that many insects follow oaptivc balloons in their ascent. The lieutenant, -who is a naturalist as -well as a flying' man/ asserts that he_has seen flies mount to a height of 2970 feet,, after which they die* while grasshoppers cling to the basket of the balloon until the ai r becomes too rarefied for them, when they fall. The swallows, the observer asserts, have a glorious time with the descending corpses of these would-be aviating insects. ~
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Press, Volume LV, Issue 16418, 11 January 1919, Page 6
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90Untitled Press, Volume LV, Issue 16418, 11 January 1919, Page 6
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