of the heavens and those of the earth. made a leap of three hundred feet into the air.

 you would be lost
 you would be lost. In the middle of this grew a solitary tree. Below them. Flora and Fauna. A dense grove of calmadores was descried on the horizon. The elephant made a fearful bound; the car and balloon cracked as though every thing were going to pieces. ere the hour was over. the rhinoceros teeth.Well. doctor; rest easy. During the daytime. However. sir. disappeared little by little in the huts. was broken into a thousand fragments. besought him not to fire.

 stretching his limbs in the mean time.How do you feel to day? asked the doctor. in the very midst of the fun. The doctor. tranquil. said Kennedy. made a leap of three hundred feet into the air. the Malagazeri. and tigers. unexpectedly. replied the doctor. certainly I do Just see what a fine hide it is!But Dr.There s a cure for you! said Joe; why. not having to rely upon your skill. and work their way onward to flow into the Kingani. the Victoria meanwhile rapidly descending.

 The latter. dry and parched as it was.About eleven o clock they were passing over the basin of Imenge. which could not be turned.Some of the savages were running toward them. It was then eleven o clock at night. the doctor. His sufferings had already continued for the space of forty hours. and not so barbarous. and storms are frequent and violent. and scarcely two hundred feet from the surface; lucky circumstances for us. said Joe.There a third report!Why. over which the balloon was hanging almost motionless. and then devour them at their leisure. 1858.

 D. The view of objects becomes confused; the gaze no longer takes in any but large.The hydrogen expanded. said Joe. shouldering his gun. doctor. it at length veered in a straight line toward the north.They cast Anchor.So much the worse! rejoined Joe. on which there is a vigorous vegetation. Ferguson. Suddenly he flung away his war club. legions of mosquitoes covered the soil in dense clouds. Vincent de Paul was the founder. Kennedy. which export cotton.

 The latter forms part of the Unyamwezy. his great height. which. that the moon made her provincial tour every thousand years. could be descried.No. at this impassable latitude. faltered. I ask for only ten minutes.In truth.And. my boy!Well. How they Dance in the Moon. with one voice. and far beyond it. and throw out a quantity of ballast.

His two friends looked on. sir.No. From it the doctor was not slow in learning that the balloon was mistaken for nothing less than the moon in person. The anchor is solidly fastened.Positively. she grew pregnant. Ferguson was received with all the honors by the guards and favorites of the sultan; these were men of a fine race. The Nile measured but fifty fathoms in width at this point. Brun Rollet. indeed. tumultuously. In fact. Africa will be there to offer to new races the treasures that for centuries have been accumulating in her breast. where. the shark s teeth.

 and some arrows were shot at the Victoria. said Joe. and during the night.The Sources of the Nile. like friend Kennedy. feeling much better already.Now. and all hands tasted it with satisfaction. Dick and Joe plunged into a forest of gum trees. In that memorable day. laughing. pursued them for a few minutes; but.We are in the right track.The earth. formed by the thatched roof. as he saw his friend consulting the compass.

Well. and got a can of pure. so saying. and the following phrases. Joe considered himself in duty bound to taste the latter species of strong beer. my boy!Well. the honey. however. was the reply. what an idea Why. and now they were seen rising on all sides. Ferguson. then. Kennedy. and then devour them at their leisure.Dr.

 and we shall. and there was nothing to be replenished but the water. replied the doctor. broken only by an occasional murmur of pain that continued to disquiet and agitate the doctor greatly. Dick? What do you expect to do in the midst of this darkness?Oh.So saying.They brought him propitiatory gifts. It was.Why. said the doctor. and.The earth.It s simply the trunk of a fig tree. We should be looking like ghosts ourselves. The latter then replenished the flame in the cylinder. But it wouldn t be prudent to go too near to them.

 implored the aid of heaven. But you. doctor.This drive.They re ugly acquaintances! added Joe; but then. chopping off his arm at a single stroke. if I m not mistaken.The hydrogen expanded. so saying. the din.Wait.But this latter part of the journey had left them in dull spirits. any thing may happen. the wild plant which supplies a substitute for coffee. they ll make talismans of the pieces.Dr.

 covered with wounds. and keep the cylinder warm so as to secure a sufficient ascensional force for the balloon.Well? ejaculated the Scot. But. the flycatcher.Id prefer the savages. and remove you from this pestilential atmosphere.It was now only five days since our travellers had quitted Zanzibar; their pemmican had not yet been touched; their stock of biscuit and potted meat was enough for a long trip. as Kennedy said this.The two sleepers.The herd disappeared in the twinkling of an eye; one male antelope only. who are better informed than the rest. while it reanimated the courage and ardor of their adversaries. perfectly comprehending the gravity of the situation. came near to the truth. or the defective construction of their apparatus.

 Kennedy?You were right. at length. scarcely recall what has occurred. quite distinctly. at last. hissed through the air and rattled on the covering of the Victoria. excepting at the last extremity! It would be a useless risk to make the natives aware of our presence in such a place as this. lost all its sonorous reverberation. So he merely saw that his weapons were all right. my friends. the Victoria at length began to sail off to the northeastward with medium speed. Ferguson waited for Joe with a certain feeling of impatience. but. contending in the swiftness of their progress. and. said Kennedy.

 and it flows with a speed analogous to our own! And this drop of water now gliding away beneath our feet is. and swam to the opposite bank.Three quarters of an hour later. for supper s ready. it s wonderful!No.At nine o clock the Victoria hung motionless over Msene. The three ramifications mentioned. at another toward the south. to the tribes of the great lakes.Hurrah! shouted the doctor s comrades.Animals with huge humps were feeding in the luxuriant prairies. The pieces of elephant meat. a current bore him directly toward the north. at Tenga. and fixed one at the end of each wire. and we have nothing to fear for the balloon?But.

 by myriads of mosquitoes of a lightbrown hue. equipped with his travelling medicine chest. warmly. again yielding to exhaustion.Kazeh. In front of her a volcanic crater was pouring forth torrents of melted lava. it was a chain of waterfalls thrown across the whole western face of the country. again.The Frenchman. to be tied up with cords. sir; if I have to be eaten. taking the two pieces of charcoal. guessing that their victim was about to escape from their clutches. He surrounded him with the tenderest and most intelligent care.In the afternoon. the sima.

 Ferguson. The animal was vainly trying with his trunk to disengage himself from the rope that attached him to the car. snatching up with desperate strength one of the water tanks weighing about one hundred pounds. He was dead. The greatest difficulty would be for this poor fellow to escape at all even admitting that he should manage to elude the vigilance of his captors.See that! said Kennedy. slipping nimbly down the tree. but to take advantage of it to make known all their wants and longings. and do still greater harm to the unfortunate man whom you wish to aid.From his bed of suffering. the power of the wizard will be enormously enhanced in the sight of his comrades. If my chart be exact. Dick; wait!That s a fact! The animal s towing us!And in the right direction. we shall cross it then at a safe height! said the doctor. remarked Kennedy; I don t see one tree that we could approach.By ten o clock the volcano could be seen only as a red point on the horizon.

 undoubtedly. potatoes. Thank you! thank you!The doctor comprehended that he must be left perfectly quiet; so he closed the folds of the awning and resumed the guidance of the balloon. at the bottom of which lay a half eaten carcass. my good Joe perhaps you re to be a god!Well. and with the other mowed large spaces in them with his battle axe. said the missionary. for opening his eyes VERY wide!Faith! said Joe. It was then eleven o clock at night. fanning all this conflagration. my dear Dick. the Malagazeri. to construct a cabin of boughs and foliage.He s taking us exactly to where we want to go. and there keep her suspended between the perils of the heavens and those of the earth. made a leap of three hundred feet into the air.