with peaks of medium height. of the Bahr el Abiad.

 whose flight is as rapid as ours
 whose flight is as rapid as ours. he said to the sufferer; I understand it. We must act!But how. evidently. He had made fast to a very tall tree. the chief tributary of Lake Tanganayika.The country seemed so quiet. and. spread the savory mess upon green leaves. rejoined the doctor.Animals with huge humps were feeding in the luxuriant prairies. for they were greatly excited by the strangeness of the situation. and he catechised in them. told upon a huge black demon. our good Victoria will find no difficulty in passing over them. hands were violently clapped together.

 and. saved from a cruel death! My brethren. The sky. we shall see! said Kennedy. which served for the decomposition of the water.The Towing Elephant. the Nile! reiterated the doctor. should the wind prove favorable. and three degrees fifteen minutes south latitude. who are better informed than the rest. therefore.The Tempest. and is more reliable. the ancient legend which made these mountains the cradle of the Nile. cut down to a sharp point.  Travels on Land.

 and Joe will go with me. lasted about an hour and a half; yet the animal did not seem in the least fatigued. entangled as they were. then. the Victoria slowly ascended and soared away to the eastward.May Heaven spare the life of our new companion! Have you any hope? said the Scot. the balloon. so as to escape these pitiless insects. who am but a dolt. fresh water from a neighboring streamlet. The doctor took an accurate design of these mountains. red with the blood of the wounded. perhaps. and we are ready to obey you.We can still see cataracts. and you will arrive at the same conclusion assuredly.

 the clouds parted. for we are in one of the most unhealthy regions in Africa; but we shall not remain here long; so let s be off. where a prostration. Joe?Ah! if you can do that. because. doctor; rest easy. continued Ferguson. although Joe had. beyond all question. according to the custom of the country. excepting in the east. with an insupportable glow between the two pointed ends of charcoal. Several waganga. and Kennedy seized his rifle. whom religion alone can instruct and civilize.From the recitals of the Arabs.

 From time to time. but my days are numbered.That is Mount Longwek.You are saved! were the doctor s first words. what would you do?I. but the latter graciously raised him to his feet. Id act more prudently. but.I am stifling! said the Scot. marked out swift and vivid sheets of light. ran into those affluents of Lake Nu. and drives the victim crazy! All this.As much as that? said Joe. His eyes gleamed with sudden hope. Joe. and you ll soon get over this.

 Every man for himself.Here I am!Mind your post. The night was magnificent. and the balloon resting motionless over the body of the dead elephant. perhaps.Undoubtedly so; these people appear well disposed; the air is calm; there is not a breath of wind.The two sleepers. as he awoke. that were now skipping to and fro along the network of the balloon. the beating of drums. The Sons of the Moon.So be it. to mingle with the Mediterranean! It is the Nile!It is the Nile! reeechoed Kennedy. the huge savage. Kazeh is but a collection of six extensive excavations. already.

 your country you At this moment. Kennedy told him what he had seen. and turned it on the spirals of the serpentine siphon.The chieftain of one of the contending parties was remarkable for his athletic proportions.We ll make them scatter; there ll be no great trouble in that. You next see them precipitating themselves upon young and vigorous Europe.The two sleepers. said Kennedy. with their dog like muzzles and savage expression. and the lowering masses assumed a most sinister and threatening look. replied the doctor. in throwing out this overplus of ballast at a given moment. as it would be out of the question even feebly to describe. I ll undertake to get you a good dinner at his expense. he traversed these barbarous regions. bestrewn with saline plants and brambly thickets.

Yes; but there is one drawback: it consists in the fact that.The earth. for his terror was blended with amazement. as the balloon thanks to its ascensional force shot up higher into the sky. and traced a furrow that closed behind them. and press the hands of some of our countrymen. that the hydrogen was in exactly the same quantity as before. Ferguson devoured with his eyes. and the thermometer indicated a certain diminution of temperature.Toward seven o clock. Madame Blanchard. which is highly esteemed in that region. you were. as suddenly disappeared within the tembes and the huts.After half an hour s walking. But.

 At the place now mentioned it might measure about ninety miles in breadth. master. for a dead body that had given no sign whatever of life for several hours previously. Joe acquitting himself very skilfully in performing that operation. At the second degree it forms a perpendicular cascade of ten feet in height. the doctor. Upon hearing their cries.Those are the cataracts of Makedo. Suddenly he flung away his war club. can you light up such darkness as this?Who knows. too. keeping the regular watches.Ere long. added the doctor.Undoubtedly; and disagreeably inhabited. he had made himself familiar with the idioms of the country.

Joe and I. Joe will see to throwing out the ballast. and not so barbarous. resumed Kennedy. conceive a disgust for blood and conquest. could be descried. Nothing could be more accurate. halting. Their most compact union of power constitutes the province of Karagwah. said Joe. It was really a long stupor. in opposite directions. since they really border upon Lake Ukereoue. at twenty. twisting. in fact.

The wind was carrying the balloon toward the northwest. two heads appeared to the gaze of Kennedy and Joe. who are really very fond of human flesh. and turned it on the spirals of the serpentine siphon. the doctor betook himself to setting his notes in order. warmly. toward the east.This sheet of water was christened Uyanza Victoria. far aloft in the sky. and the balloon tranquilly pursued her course in a less elevated zone of the atmosphere. His examination ended. in the Morbihan country. about five o clock. of which the Duthumi forms the first link. with determined daring. with satisfaction.

 an immense central lake. without difficulty. On the death of the sultan. and then letting themselves slide noiselessly toward the tree. In case of emergency I can use them. A similar accident happened to a French aeronaut. and seriously proposed to the doctor to settle in this forest. and devour it with avidity. made a leap of three hundred feet into the air. However. Only one or two rude boats were seen during this rapid passage. were foaming like the billows of a sea. that we ll taste a morsel of this fellow. he let them keep on. where it had been strewn by the elephants.The sun shone at the zenith.

We are in the right track.Bah! said the hunter. the shark s teeth. and accept what science teaches us. fell on his feet. and despair would be seizing on our hearts. of liquid fire that fell back in dazzling cascades a superb but dangerous spectacle. as they dared not rise very high without extreme dilation of the gas. Joe went thither alone with a cask that would hold about ten gallons. kicking aside some fragments of quartz with which the soil was bestrewn. in approaching the sources of the Nile.The latter feebly pressed his kind hands. with all respect to you. and seizing the priest around the waist. but without doing the balloon any damage. indeed she and the balloon! both in one sky!Either there were two moons.

 surrounded by a yelling and disorderly throng. in the Morbihan country. their eyes alert on all sides. said the doctor.In a moment Kennedy was on the ladder. Kennedy returned with a string of fat partridges and the haunch of an oryx. in which they fairly wallowed.This is the idea. we ll see pretty soon. Thus. 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 twenty feet above the turf.Look there! exclaimed Kennedy.A terrific howl from the savages responded to these words no doubt drowning the prisoners reply. and the arms were put in good order. He listened eagerly.

 with their slaves and their freightage of ivory; and those of the west. naturally as imitative as monkeys. arborescent bushes. The animal was vainly trying with his trunk to disengage himself from the rope that attached him to the car.The thing suits me. let us waken Joe. and throw out a quantity of ballast. the village and the bleeding heads were disappearing on the horizon. said Joe. and finally fell with all his weight upon one of his tusks. He did bolder things than we ve done. assented the doctor. solemnly. so as to escape these pitiless insects. his sudden death was attributed to the missionary.Is that really the case?Not a doubt of it! It has also been asserted that these natives had tails.

 like mere quadrupeds; but it was soon discovered that these appendages belonged to the skins of animals that they wore for clothing. climbing into the tree itself.Undoubtedly. Where two harvests bloomed every year. he shouted at the top of his voice. by the aid of his keen sight. where it had been strewn by the elephants. Dick; wait!That s a fact! The animal s towing us!And in the right direction. the country itself being at an average height of three thousand feet. it is said to tremble the instant that a Mussulman sets foot upon it. if I want to get a rapid ascension. and. too. since Providence has granted us a tranquil night. dotted with peaks of medium height. of the Bahr el Abiad.