A balloon in flight Finish:10-pack This relates to the recent

This relates to the recent conflicts involving Turkey that had culminated in a Bulgarian uprising

the home of Sir Henry Vane

he is addressed by a foppishly dressed Frenchman

a city in southern India

The two pointsmen are Sir William Harcourt and Spencer Cavendish Hartington

A balloon in flight Finish:10-pack This relates to the recentScene showing a decorated balloon in flight at Faubourg Saint Antoine, France, on 19 October 1783. The balloon has a gallery or gondola for two passengers. Below can be seen a stepped platform with onlookers. Plate 8 from the book Description des expriences de la machine arostatiques de MM. de Montgolfier, by Faujas de Saint Fond (Paris, 1783). According to textual notes this balloon reached a height of 324 feet on the third in a sequence of flights