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6 The man in the moon.
in peace with everybody, and had left his keys behind the looking-glass." And when this touching speech had been given, Mr. Green pulled the liberating trigger, and up we went, taking some cracker bon-bons from our pocket, which we distributed to the crowd as [[image--hand dropping wrapped candy to crowd of tiny figures]] OUR PARTING GIFT.
The above sketch is drawn with singular fidelity. The action, in the crowd, is well preserved ; and their anxiety to catch the souvenirs vividly depicted. The likeness to ourselves is also admirably caught, especially about the wristband.
For the first minute or two of our ascent we were too much excited to notice anything. Everything seemed falling away from us ; going rapidly down whilst we were stationary--as objects appear to do when more wine has been drunk than is proper. We heard the visitors' huzzahs, and saw them gradually assuming the 
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appearance of the intelligent inhabitants of Noah's Ark ; and then we noticed 
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EUSTON-SQUARE, AS IT APPEARED FROM THE BALLOON,
at which we had scarcely done gazing when our eyes were delighted with a picture which must excite enthusiasm in every British heart, even before Winterhalter's. It was that of
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THE QUEEN, PRINCE ALBERT, AND ROYAL FAMILY, WALKING IN BUCKINGHAM PALACE, AS THEY APPEARED FROM THE BALLOON.
We gave them three cheers, which, we are afraid, they did not hear, and threw down our last bon-bons to the Royal children, which Mr. Green was much pleased at ; as, if we had popped them, he assured us the balloon would have gone off with a bang, and we should have come down to earth much more rapidly than we expected.