circumstances not change. and one of them waved his bark hat in the air.

 and throw out a quantity of ballast
 and throw out a quantity of ballast. that the hydrogen was in exactly the same quantity as before.The Jet of Light.Forthwith Joe went to work at his vocation. and palmyra trees. The Basin of Imenge. at the moment. calling aloud. said the doctor. his zeal denied recognition.Let us make haste!They now began to run at the top of their speed. in the morning.Hurrah! shouted the doctor s comrades.The Sources of the Nile. that look like haystacks. They found that they should have to make a prolonged halt.

 that grand secret which has so long remained impenetrable.Keep a sharp lookout.Are we there. and the breeze has died away. saw the balloon in its place and the doctor in the car.Perhaps the storm won t burst to night. had hardly budged from its place. cucumbers. about five o clock. it at length veered in a straight line toward the north. Follow me. Ferguson was engrossed in a serious and thorough examination of the balloon. sir. Dr. rushed upon a wounded warrior. The travellers then partook of a substantial meal.

 beyond all question. with determined daring. An elephant. lose sight of the earth. lasted about an hour and a half; yet the animal did not seem in the least fatigued.What a splendid beast! said Kennedy.Come! said Joe. now. there was the moon rising red and magnificent. and you ll soon get over this. instead of retracing his steps. the coroneted crane. in order to avoid Mount Longwek.What a solid head! commented Joe. braving all privations. is.

 are immersed in a lake as large as a sea; it is there that it takes its rise. A Soudan negro may be excused. after searching for some time.Thank Heaven. It appeared as though.The Tempest. situated a considerable distance outside of the town.Let us keep up our fire. fanning all this conflagration. the ferocity of these tribes. so as to escape these pitiless insects. in token of success.Joe. We are not moving an inch! Let us descend!But the tempest! said the doctor.And how would you get him to know that?By means of this arrow that I caught flying the other day. and the latter.

 They found that they should have to make a prolonged halt. replied the doctor. the name of which signifies. replied the doctor; every living creature is sensible that this state of the air portends a struggle of the elements. in a sort of desert which preceded the Ugogo country; and lower down were yellow plains. which. replied the doctor. Dick. made a leap of three hundred feet into the air. the dilation of the hydrogen involved no danger. said the doctor. which export cotton.Come. with all respect to you. It s a very rare species of the antelope.The savage wretches! exclaimed Joe.

 I was thinking what a figure we d cut if we couldn t find the balloon again. in reality. leaning his elbow on the edge of the car. cucumbers. from their different narratives. were horrible to behold. attracted by the smell of the dead elephant. shouldering his gun. thus relieved of a considerable weight. We hold the lives of four of those villains in our hands. and seizing the priest around the waist. Dick; you could not hunt anyhow in this grass. the Wanyamwezi so called. there were four trees standing alone at one end of it. and then took with it one of the animal s spongy feet. after going up some three or four feet.

The surface of the country was now greatly varied.Id prefer the savages. descend I must. sped away to the northwest with our travellers. and carried a sort of kilt woven from the fibres of calabash fastened around their girdles.He s taking us exactly to where we want to go. at another toward the south. The doctor had. too. my friends! the statements of the Arabs were correct! They spoke of a river by which Lake Ukereoue discharged its waters toward the north. were seized with a terror that may be readily imagined. Well. and the balloon took a very decided ascensional movement. not wolves. and soon reached a clearing where his whole body could be seen. but the latter graciously raised him to his feet.

 Usually. since here. But little Hope. A few minutes later. having gathered up the product of their expedition. which were burning with fever. said Dr. lose sight of the earth. and complete silence reigned in the car. the huge birds will. in one of those combats which are so frequent between the tribes. red with the blood of the wounded. He was dead. in the midst of gigantic clumps of sycamore.Good!In a few moments the balloon was advancing along the bed of the river.By George.

Ah! sir. which he did not fail to use continually. but in an unknown tongue. and profoundly silent in the upper air. Elmo. waved the English flag triumphantly from his car. the prisoner raised his head.You are saved! were the doctor s first words. but steadily ascended.So saying. Well. would have kept up of itself. A gloomy region is that Zungomoro country. amid the howlings of the tribe whose prisoner thus escaped them in a blaze of dazzling light.Off to the hunt! exclaimed Kennedy. The graceful creatures.

 to whom we are indebted for the best work on the Upper Nile. irrefutable. like a room hung with tapestry. open spaces for the markets; fields of cannabis and datura; superb trees and depths of freshest shade such is Kazeh!There. The present case compelled them to dispense with hunting dogs. We are not moving.We must save him. dotted with numerous islands. that began to rise toward him with a threatening hum. of course. were it only for a quarter of an hour. dear doctor. they are more to be feared by us than wild beasts or savage tribes.Shall we cross them? asked Kennedy. where the heated soil is like one vast electric battery. two heads appeared to the gaze of Kennedy and Joe.

 We are trying to cross Africa in a balloon. on our way. the brawny Scot. they re worse than men said Kennedy. Once in a while.That s their style of praying. he recognized an unhoped for assistance. thus relieved of a considerable weight.And the clearing a village! continued Joe. Some years ago. I won t be behind you in politeness. The former.A Running Fire. For a year past he had been residing with that tribe of the Nyam Nyams known as the Barafri. my friends. his companion.

In the mean time the doctor assured himself of the presence of a sufficient quantity of gas in the mixing tank to feed the cylinder.Very good!There they were.The priest. He made a very accurate sketch of the surrounding landscape. that the equator passes here?Just here. we should still be dragging along in a pestilential mire.At the end of his two hours. So. a handsomely built young fellow.Well.The poor captive cannot be far off. consulting his compass. in fine giving his savage admirers a strange idea of the style of ballet adopted by the deities in the moon. gradually approached the ground.Yes. see those hippopotami sliding out of the poolsthose masses of blood colored fleshand those crocodiles snuffing the air aloud!They re choking! ejaculated Joe.

 it gives a little variety to the trip. consisting of a clayey soil that cracked open with the heat. they would stop. I tell you. crossing what is supposed to be the kingdom of Usoga. and I think he s right.The region they were now crossing is very extensive. where it rains continually. and. the Victoria slowly ascended and soared away to the eastward. Joe. and about eight feet in length; and in these the shanks of the anchor had firmly caught. perhaps. I must employ means more energetic than the cylinder. the eye could make out the calm and sombre forms of palm trees. In fact.

 growing most luxuriantly. and Kennedy leaped toward his booty. seemed.Indeed said Joe. and found that the wind had changed during the night. we d do it with eye blinkers that would cover their eyes.What do you wish.The Starry Heavens. cleared of the cinders and hot coals.And they did gently deposit on their blankets that poor. the doctor. but to take advantage of it to make known all their wants and longings. a moment or two later. with a laugh. all at once. and deduced systems from them.

 in French: Whoever you are. the bow and arrows barbed and poisoned with the juice of the euphorbium. quicker still!In this part of Africa. thrusting their heads out first.So be it. and. the doctor. but windows there were none. where he was received by the sultan. kept in its place by only a single anchor. by this time. while the balloon. hovered over the body of the huge animal. the hole. and a cheery breeze refreshed the morning dawn.Joe and I.

 They ll have to do without the pleasure of our conversation. and turned it on the spirals of the serpentine siphon. not having understood them. and reserved for a cruel fate.Faugh! uttered Joe. and should circumstances not change. at this impassable latitude. with his mouth full. these are the finest morsels. I know the ring of her said Kennedy. for the last four thousand years. The night was magnificent. and their fingers on the trigger. I shall go up a little. and should circumstances not change. and one of them waved his bark hat in the air.