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CARLOTTA, THE LADY AERONAUT 

Devil's Punch Bowl." They threw out whatever remained that was loose, but could not stop the descent, and much to Carlotta's chagrin, she and Bessie came down in the Punch Bowl. But this was not the worst. Large trees overhung the 

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CARLOTTA AND HER INFLATED BALLOON 
READY TO ASCEND FROM CONGRESS SPRING PARK, SARATOGA
Cover illustration from Aeronautics, for January 1894, 
in the collection of Preston R. Bassett

shore all about, so that Carlotta could not get the balloon near enough to the edge to get ashore. Bessie, though pretty well frightened, saved the day by climbing out of the basket onto a half-submerged log, and wading ashore under the branches with the rope; she then pulled Carlotta and the

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