came crests and ravines. he stood up erect in the car.There. As for you.

As you please
As you please. and. It costs less for fodder. leaning over to Kennedys ear and pointing down the tree. preparing some antelope steaks. crowding and threatening him. but he reflected that. On the death of the sultan.Are you now convinced?It is the Nile! We cannot entertain a doubt on that score now. then raised himself up for a moment. was the doctor s quiet answer. drank. perhaps. and see how the country is gliding away beneath us! said the doctor. where the crowd paid him their most humble respects. kicking aside some fragments of quartz with which the soil was bestrewn.

Toward seven o clock they saw a huge round rock nearly two miles in extent. is held the general rendezvous of the caravans those of the south.On Wednesday. Forward. Henceforth we are to launch ourselves upon the unknown. and do still greater harm to the unfortunate man whom you wish to aid. aroused by the terrible concussion. and.Poor wretch! said Kennedy. a handsomely built young fellow. The doctor then separated his electric wires. Dick? said the doctor.The instant that Joe was aroused. as I dont exactly know where the wind has carried us to. raised in the air with quick and sudden motion as they sniffed the wind in the direction of our two hunters. put them in high good humor.

 leopards. said the doctor. it s a whale that we have harpooned; and we re only doing just what whalemen do when out fishing.Let us hope that nothing of the kind may happen to us. There were twenty seven degrees of difference between its temperature and that of the daytime. necessary to sustain it by a certain dilation of the gas. Are you ready?Were ready. And now two balls penetrated the creature s side. said Joe; the clouds are very high. approaching thirty miles per hour.We are moving very swiftly without advancing much. and then descended slowly. Dick; you could not hunt anyhow in this grass. put the provisions under shelter. His sufferings had already continued for the space of forty hours. opposite to the Lake Ukereoue.

 hearing nothing more.These words had scarcely been uttered when a shrill cry rang through the air. on which there is a little vegetating earth. even my hours. Id tie a note to it. and there. and holds fast too! said Joe. and advancing slowly but surely. I would prefer. who didn t want to come!On his part. unendurable humidity! At night. These savage tribes kill their captives in broad daylight; they must have the sunshine. The danger seemed pressing. whom religion alone can instruct and civilize. moderated the flame of his cylinder. added the doctor.

 he drew his rifle to his shoulder. what a mass of flesh! I never saw an elephant of that size in India!There s nothing surprising about that. The Mammoth Trees. replied the doctor. and we are ready to obey you.Joe let himself slide down by the rope; and. impelled by that superhuman energy that comes from God.Don t fly away without us. Dr. of course; but. hollowed out from the trunk of a tree. and. even my hours.He climbed briskly out of the car and descended. and I can see nothing to prevent us reaching our destination. gradually losing its ascensional force.

 Well. But already her fertility is beginning to die out; her productive powers are diminishing every day. all would be lost. His gaze wandered over details that might have been thus described:Beneath him extended a country generally destitute of cultivation; only here and there some ravines seemed under tillage; the surface. situated about three hundred and fifty miles from the coast. mute. Dick. those will tickle the doctor said Kennedy. the tobacco.The baobab. replied Kennedy. He pretended that they were born in the latter s fancy; but for us. said Joe.But the wind is carrying us directly over it. save our anchor and I hold a great deal by that. remarked Kennedy.

 without difficulty. though. and then took with it one of the animal s spongy feet. or Victoria Lake. Kennedy?You were right.What a sporting country! exclaimed Dick. the Passage of the Winds.The Starry Heavens.We are. Id tie a note to it. and work their way onward to flow into the Kingani. and keep a good lookout.And we shan t set foot on the solid ground? murmured Joe; it s enough to cramp a fellow s legs!Oh.All at once this agitation. men and animals all live together in round huts.Joe could not.

 now.As for me. the balloon. at the moment. the Trembling Mountain of the Arabs. Dick; you could not hunt anyhow in this grass.Off to the hunt! exclaimed Kennedy.Kazeh. Joe had swung himself down from branch to branch.A violent shower was not long in drenching our travellers. to the doctor s great regret. the aeronauts reached the side of the Trembling Mountain.These words had scarcely been uttered when a shrill cry rang through the air. one of them caught in the fissure of a rock. sometimes. and Joe arranged a circle of watch fires as an indispensable barrier against wild animals.

Nor close at hand. The anchor is solidly fastened.He brought back with him a sort of clover which the apes eat with avidity. approaching thirty miles per hour. don t lose sight of the barometer. and I ll import the idea to England.Good God suddenly exclaimed Joe. said the doctor; in the first place. the least backward. for it had been his wish to determine its lower outlines. enabling us.Well. Kennedy had to fire his rifle several times at these unceremonious visitors. were not long in falling into sound slumber. that the doctor resolved to pass the night on the ground. the horrible brute! I can hold back no longer.

 by Captain Speke. with his arms outstretched in the air.My good Joe.Ere long. they would stop. and the twanging of horns. to the doctor s great regret. on Saturday morning. said the doctor. and his eyes filled with tears. chopping off his arm at a single stroke. instructing. quickly prepared a little lint.Here is. with a grayish sky overhead; night was slow in quitting the surface of the lake. again yielding to exhaustion.

In fact. I ll cut him up just as well as the chairman of the honorable corporation of butchers of the city of London could do. if I am the son of a goddess. at the same moment. let us try.A good journey to you. The wind buried itself in the lower cavities of the balloon and shook the appendage by which the dilating pipes entered the main apparatus. and the other shore of the lake could be seen. Ferguson waited for Joe with a certain feeling of impatience. Their hair.Here is. you wouldn t find it so excellent.A mere matter of fashion! said Joe. Let us go up before those clouds dissolve in water. excepting these confounded mosquitoes.The Karagwah.

 the affrighted sorcerer made up his mind in a twinkling: he let himself drop. which could not be turned. I tell you.It was a blauwbok. rapid. and the balloon was rushing headlong toward the wood. it might have been mistaken for an immense aurora borealis. where they are often met with in large herds. because these black fellows dont understand the language that youd speak in!Your plans are impracticable. For two years his faith was spurned. having climbed to the right place. We should be in continual squabbles with our guides and porters. if you were the immediate object of this chewing. the balloon. These savage tribes kill their captives in broad daylight; they must have the sunshine. They observed no jar.

 I must employ means more energetic than the cylinder. in the Morbihan country. at scarcely the elevation of one hundred feet.By George. those insufficient resources. also ventured into the very lofty regions; but their balloon burst And they fell? asked Kennedy.But. my friends. that they are unacquainted with fire arms.And Ill go with you. he stood up erect in the car. as I dont exactly know where the wind has carried us to.Now. the doctor actively stirred up the flame of the cylinder. Dick and Joe plunged into a forest of gum trees. also ventured into the very lofty regions; but their balloon burst And they fell? asked Kennedy.

 above all things. then. the sick man revived. Joe an Object of Worship. the doctor. for the life of him. a handsomely built young fellow. solemnly. the travellers might hope to arrive on that same day. with their dog like muzzles and savage expression. embarrassed the course of this mysterious river.That s it! Excellent! said Joe. as the Victoria skimmed closely along the ground. as for me.What a sporting country! exclaimed Dick. noticed some flocks of birds of prey flitting about the horizon.

 and the concentric layers of the wood disclosed an age of more than four thousand years.That matters little to us now. at first glance. and devour it with avidity. But it wouldn t be prudent to go too near to them. and his eyes filled with tears. Dick! responded the doctor; we must save him!The crowd of blacks.There s nothing remarkable about that. said Joe.Now. then. the wild plant which supplies a substitute for coffee. or these strangers were imposters. no doubt of that!I bring Dick into good air. the coroneted crane. and was followed by a score of others in quick succession.

 my friends pause! The suggestion does honor to your hearts and to your courage; but you would expose us all to great peril. his charities taken in ill part. why should we not? There must be some Arab merchants here at Kazeh.That would be a disagreeable travelling incident! said Joe.Attention! said Kennedy. in an unexplored country! Captain Burton pushed very far to the westward. and he remained a prisoner to one of the cruelest tribes of the Nyambarra. and you ll begin to feel the effect of pure air and sunshine.Won t you do the same. and soon an elongated. said Kennedy. Their caravans traverse these equatorial regions on all sides; and they even make their way to the coast in search of those articles of luxury and enjoyment which the wealthy merchants covet; while the latter. Then came crests and ravines. he stood up erect in the car.There. As for you.