Half an hour later the land was not more than amile off, but the balloon, exhausted, flabby, hanging in great folds, hadgas in its upper part alone.

• 半小时后，距陆地只有一英里了，但是气球已经耗尽了气力，褶绉不堪地悬在那里，只有上层还剩下一些气体。