Excerpt from My Life and Balloon Experiences: With a Supplementary Chapter on Military BallooningNo, it is not allowed, said the big boy, and anyone found looking out of the barrack windows, commits a serious offence; but if, he continued, with a patronizing air, you can get behind the green baize near the door, you and I will slip out and see what is going on. An opportunity having presented itself, we deserted forthwith. I was then led to a hole in a window-frame which had been plugged up, and evidently used on former occasions.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.