Chapter XI: Canto II

Air-balloon of Mongolfier--Arts of weaving and spinning--Arkwright's cotton mills--Invention of letters, figures and crotchets--Mrs. Delany's paper-garden--Mechanism of a watch, and design for its case--Time, hours, moments--Transformation of Nebuchadnazer--St. Anthony preaching to fish Sorceress--Miss Crew's drawing--Song to May--Frost scene--Discovery of the bark--Moses striking the rock--Dropsy--Mr. Howard and prisons