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Joe's importance -- The commander of the Resolute -- Kennedy's arsenal -- Mutual amenities -- The farewell dinner -- Departure on the 21st of February -- The doctor's scientific sessions -- Duveyrier -- Livingstone -- Details of the aerial voyage -- Kennedy silenced.
About the 10th of February, the preparations were pretty well completed; and the balloons, firmly secured, one within the other, were altogether finished. They had been subjected to a powerful pneumatic pressure in all parts, and the test gave excellent evidence of their solidity and of the care applied in their construction.