Anotherresultofthisabruptdeparturewasaveryrapidrise，whichtooktheballoonaheightof3，000feetinthreeminutes’
space，andanother4，000feethigherinsixminutesmore。
Seventhousandfeetverticallyinnineminutesisfastpace;
butthevoyagersweretoknowhigherspeedyetthatdaywhentheverticalmotionwastobeinthereverseandwrongdirection。Attheheightnowreachedtheywereincloud，andwhilethusenvelopedthetemperature，asoftenhappens，remainedpracticallystationaryatabout32degrees，whilethatofthedewpointincreasedseveraldegrees。But，onpassingoutofthecloud，thetwotemperatureswereverysuddenlyseparated，thelatterdecreasingrapidlyunderadeepblueupperskythatwasnowwithoutacloud。Shortlyafterthisthetemperaturedroppedsuddenlysome8degrees，andthen，duringthenext12，000feet，creptslowlydownbysmallstages。
Presentlytheballoon，reachingmorethantwentythousandfeet，or，roughly，fourmiles，andstillascending，thethermometerwastakenwithsmallfitsofrisingandfallingalternatelytillanaltitudeof24，000feetwasrecorded，atwhichpointotherandmoreseriousmattersintrudedthemselves。