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I then , however , examined it with attention , and found it , to my great relief , uninjured . My implements were all safe , and , fortunately , I had lost neither ballast nor provisions . Indeed , I had so well secured them in their places , that such an accident was entirely out of the question . Looking at my watch , I found it six o'clock . I was still rapidly ascending , and my barometer gave a present altitude of three and three-quarter miles . Immediately beneath me in the ocean , lay a small black object , slightly oblong in shape , seemingly about the size , and in every way bearing a great resemblance to one of those childish toys called a domino . Bringing my telescope to bear upon it , I plainly discerned it to be a British ninety four-gun ship , close-hauled , and pitching heavily in the sea with her head to the W.S.W. Besides this ship , I saw nothing but the ocean and the sky , and the sun , which had long arisen .