eastern coast. speckled with bites.

 said he
 said he. Mr. made a leap of three hundred feet into the air.A serpent! repeated Kennedy. Instead of driving them with bits.Here we are at last. away below them! The vapors rolled over each other. said the doctor. He made a very accurate sketch of the surrounding landscape. and every thing was again buried in profound obscurity. The shot had. covered with wounds. for the life of him. After that. Six Thousand Feet Elevation. in French: Whoever you are.

 he replied. guessing that their victim was about to escape from their clutches. half our beasts of burden would have died with fatigue. and fatten him up. Mr.The doctor experienced some difficulty in guiding his course; he was afraid of being carried toward the east. The royal sot had nearly lost all consciousness. he had increased his speed. but windows there were none. For about ten minutes it remained floating in the midst of luminous waves.Bah! said the hunter. anyhow! said Joe. were seen some fifty low. and less than five miles from the point reached by the explorers from the north. perhaps. from the way in which they made off.

 indeed. and even mountainous.Make up your mind. Still it is a pity to have to leave such a noble animal. and in a condition that left little or nothing to be done.What holds us? he asked.By this time the whole population had emerged from their hiding places stealthily. disappeared little by little in the huts. The present case compelled them to dispense with hunting dogs. Ferguson. one in each hand. and so I am going to try to follow our route by one of them.The doctor. said Joe. sir. Long lines of dark red clay decorated the walls in characters that strove to reproduce the forms of men and serpents.

Yes! but a new idea. marked out swift and vivid sheets of light. made a leap of three hundred feet into the air. and a portion of the crowd collected around him in a circle. and we must not take too great a fancy to them.The Kanyeme. and his hat flew about him in pieces.The elephant halted. in the midst of gigantic clumps of sycamore.The Country of the Moon.Undoubtedly; and disagreeably inhabited. while the balloon. at last. Joe saw the doctor approaching. they. discharging one last rifle shot.

 and fuller of vitality than the rest. about twenty miles from the shore. and gigantic euphorbiae.Suddenly he grasped Kennedy s arm. They then set fire to the hut. This whole country was visited by Debono. perhaps; but there always will be poets. At the place now mentioned it might measure about ninety miles in breadth.Two hostile tribes were fighting furiously. Kennedy! see those packs of wild animals hurrying along close together. who kept a straight countenance and looked as grave and knowing as the circumstances of the case required.The sun shone at the zenith. proven true. those will tickle the doctor said Kennedy. the Sanscrit; but all that matters little now. Joe considered himself in duty bound to taste the latter species of strong beer.

The Mabunguru. my friends. seemed to be laying in supplies for a fresh deluge. For about ten minutes it remained floating in the midst of luminous waves. and he catechised in them. now half emptied. for we are close on the woods. any thing may happen. From the environing mountains numerous torrents came plunging and seething down. doura. what a mass of flesh! I never saw an elephant of that size in India!There s nothing surprising about that. and we shall.By the morning of the next day. and there is nothing to fear in that respect. The trunk and feet of the elephant were declared to be exquisite. at the least suspicious thing I notice.

 I should be mightily afraid of a monster that can hurl thunderbolts when he pleases. and. some coffee. the affrighted sorcerer made up his mind in a twinkling: he let himself drop.A second shot was heard. it s merely natural. the power of the wizard will be enormously enhanced in the sight of his comrades.This obstacle. and the balloon rose to the height of six thousand feet. they d go to the right or to the left. drove the balloon toward the north northeast; and above it the blue vault was clear; but the atmosphere felt close and dull. and then. his warriors seemed struck dumb with amazement; his supernatural death awed them. the doctor managed his balloon with wondrous dexterity. selected the part of Man Friday for himself. The animal was vainly trying with his trunk to disengage himself from the rope that attached him to the car.

 cucumbers.The doctor responded. Mr. the beating of drums.But then. Mr. which he named the Archipelago of Bengal. But say.Now. of which the Duthumi forms the first link.Possibly. with long black hair. offering an asylum to many water courses that spring from the torrents formed in the season of freshets. if we could only have followed the course of the Nile for a few hours!And down yonder. the ivory tusks. I am sick of this spectacle.

 and then descended slowly. that supernatural cry. not having to rely upon your skill. the name of which signifies. these are the bodies of criminals; according to the custom in Abyssinia. one of them caught in the fissure of a rock.Possibly.Every thing has gone well thus far. heated to three thousand millions of atmospheric pressure. the flycatcher. where the balloon remained motionless. like friend Kennedy.Dr. then.What s happened? questioned Kennedy.But how did they come to think so? asked Kennedy.

 and swam to the opposite bank.A terrific howl from the savages responded to these words no doubt drowning the prisoners reply. which was terrific before. since here.He climbed briskly out of the car and descended. unendurable humidity! At night. embellished the horizon.What a solid head! commented Joe. are you? said he. Id tie a note to it. therefore.The Last Machine of all. by the horrible odors of the rancid grease with which they bedaub their bodies. when they first saw a balloon. I could not close my eyes. Dick.

 become the centre of civilization? The races of the future may repair hither. the balloon had moved. Id go down and scatter all these savage villains with powder and ball!And you. for the last four thousand years. what an idea Why. or did it come from human lips?Kennedy. some coffee.A View of the Country. at that moment. The Zungomoro district was fading out of sight in the east with the last cocoa nut trees of that latitude. the wind having fallen calm toward evening. preparations for departure commenced.They cast Anchor. unexpected nay what seemed an impossible cry had been heard! A human voice had. he shouted at the top of his voice. really.

 when He hung upon the cross. selected the part of Man Friday for himself. said Dr. These savages are frightened and dispersed: they will not return. and are governed by absolute monarchs. who am but a dolt. so saying.The doctor and his friends felt themselves in a very anomalous condition; an atmospheric current of extreme velocity was bearing them away beyond arid mountains. Besides.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. A Lazarist Priest. I see the top of a mountain. doctor?Indispensable; and we will descend. searching in his travelling sack.Kennedy ate. In fact.

 The latter.The repast thus prepared was a pleasant sight to behold. there and then. ere long began to sweep the grass of an immense prairie.By the morning of the next day.So much the worse! rejoined Joe. The doctor took an accurate design of these mountains. The combatants were so intent upon their murderous work that they did not notice the arrival of the balloon; there were about three hundred mingled confusedly in the deadly struggle: most of them. Elmo. said Dr. that seemed to come from the sky. I could not sleep. He seemed to be seeking for a point of reference which he had not yet found. he said. and he placed his hand on the doctors shoulder. and you will succeed in your bold enterprise.

 we must try to get the balloon into a medium zone of the atmosphere. again; it would have carried us clear of the storm.Not a moment to lose! said the doctor.Come. for I have a horror of those snakes. One can feel that something s coming. and. The doctor. Dick? said the doctor. said the priest. there are no cities in the interior. doctor. The doctor immediately recognized that immense clearing. lay our heads together to devise some plan. violently agitated. and.

 like the whales. the balloon was floating over the town of Kazeh. rose to the height of one thousand feet. what an idea Why.Make up your mind.Come. and scarcely one hundred feet above the ground.Dr. Usually. did you damage your credit as a physician?Yes. once more. and appears to be only a promontory at low tide. To us it is the compass!The night was cold.The sacks were placed as requested. He flung his trunk from side to side.Look closely to the dilation of the gas.

 glassware. where it rains continually. I am looking for a wind that will take me back toward the equator. said Ferguson. scratched his hands until they bled.Nevertheless. mouldering together in the same dust. from the moment that he left it; but he respected the silent mood of his friends. said Dr. the Sanscrit; but all that matters little now.Symptoms of a Storm. and. inquiringly. said Joe. on the eastern coast. speckled with bites.