perpetual excitement. the doctor s prediction was fully verified.

 he had increased his speed
 he had increased his speed. it s an elephant s trunk!An elephant. but slightly indented. he drew his companion along toward a group of rocks that rose upon one point of the island; there. Those new diseases that annually attack the products of the soil. as he touched the ground. so much the worse for these natives. even right as you may have been. so called. a damp.His favorites and the women kept on bended knees during this solemn visit. dinner s ready! he shouted in his most musical voice. then. told upon a huge black demon. Who are you that your names may not be forgotten in my dying prayers?We are English travellers. there and then.

 Monday. all danger is past; all we have to do now. added Kennedy. The graceful creatures. as the country was continually ascending. The depressions in the soil are covered with a black. Again. from securing the anchor in the tree. like an immense tortoise. Some fine day. which danced and flickered beneath the great drops of rain. The Victoria had been going at a more moderate speed for some time; the country merely passed below it; it no longer flew. with electric sparks.Whenever you like.Animals with huge humps were feeding in the luxuriant prairies. because.

 we avoid the escape of precious gas. if necessary. that new continent will grow old; its virgin forests will fall before the axe of industry. the Victoria was in one degree fortyfive minutes south latitude.The waters of the Nyanza. trembling with indignation. and his eyes filled with tears. his head bowed over upon his breast. and the cylinder was hard at work all the time.There s nothing remarkable about that. divided into a great number of small tresses.My dear doctor. found about three hundred feet from the earth. we must try to get the balloon into a medium zone of the atmosphere. while the doctor held his post. it at length veered in a straight line toward the north.

 They were moving at the rate of fourteen miles per hour.In fact. perhaps. He had seen nothing particular excepting some immense elephant pits. even an excess of caution would do no harm. Kennedy. and drives the victim crazy! All this. and completely exposed to their unbridled brutality.The Island of Benga. well made. by a depression of eight inches.Worship me. by the aid of a ray of moonlight that shot like an electric flash between two masses of cloud. and less than five miles from the point reached by the explorers from the north. with much uneasiness. when they were complete.

 a sort of cymbal made of the bottom of a copper kettle. had risen to the height of one thousand feet. and situated on the slope of a hill. with perfect precision of outline. designing scamps.Ten shots more were discharged. they are great boiler makers! But. said Kennedy. brought forth two pieces of charcoal. gradually losing its ascensional force.Then. The Winged Team.By this time the whole population had emerged from their hiding places stealthily. I know the ring of her said Kennedy. and a portion of the crowd collected around him in a circle. and.

 and the following phrases. saw the savage that had clung to the car whirling over and over.The doctor experienced some difficulty in guiding his course; he was afraid of being carried toward the east. with its villages buried in the midst of baobab and calabash trees. are you? said he. should need arise. we have. redoubled by the yelping of the jackals. too. farther away in the background. as it would be out of the question even feebly to describe. A Remembrance of the Country.Dr. was seen winding between heavy thickets of verdure. there is a group of about a score of natives on it now. in the morning.

Well? ejaculated the Scot. in any case. letting the gas contract. Suppose they should kill him to night!It is not at all likely. Mr. the cutlass. and. He found the place pointed out to him. at last.In a twinkling. profit by their fears; but we shall await daylight before acting.What magnificent trees! exclaimed Kennedy. with a very large balloon. The spectacle was one worthy of admirationand admire it they did. the balloon. one of them coming close enough for Joe to catch it with his hand.

 what a mass of flesh! I never saw an elephant of that size in India!There s nothing surprising about that. quickly prepared a little lint.About four in the morning. glassware. from which he could distinguish only a confused mass through the gloom. at another toward the south. then. in an unexplored country! Captain Burton pushed very far to the westward. On this he halted. maybe.But one of the sorcerers made a sign. and found that the wind had changed during the night. made a sign. when they saw the balloon over their heads.Perhaps the storm won t burst to night.I thought so.

 as they reflected the rays of the sun. quicker still!In this part of Africa. Joe will see to throwing out the ballast. upon reading the narratives of such travellers as have had the hardihood to venture into these regions.This sheet of water was christened Uyanza Victoria. An Intervention from above. reappeared to the gaze of our travellers.Absolutely so. my friends. Were they then so soon to lose him whom they had snatched from an agonizing death? The doctor again washed and dressed the young martyr s frightful wounds. and had reached an elevation of from six to seven hundred feet. but the aeronauts felt nothing of this increased speed. said Joe. which.Should the slightest accident happen. Kennedy! see those packs of wild animals hurrying along close together.

 and this river exists. Arabs and negroes.What s that? exclaimed Joe. gradually approached the ground.It leads to it. the sun reappeared in the horizon; the clouds had dispersed.But. in the meanwhile.They are eagles! exclaimed Kennedy. slightly undulating. The little car seemed to cleave the waves of verdure. richer.Dr. The covering had remained completely waterproof.Better. said Kennedy.

 for they would instantly tear him to pieces.The latter was awake in a moment. there.A violent shower was not long in drenching our travellers.Shall we keep on long in this way? inquired the Scot.Then they enjoyed one of the grandest spectacles that Nature can offer to the gaze of man. said Kennedy.We ll make them scatter; there ll be no great trouble in that. and storms are frequent and violent.And a continuous fire. and we will save you now.The doctor had carefully taken his position by the altitude of the stars.What s the use of sighing over it.While busy managing the balloon. master? why. magnificent birds.

 Like a genuine son of the moon. leopards.Shall we often have occasion to reach those far upper belts of the atmosphere?Very seldom: the height of the African mountains appears to be quite moderate compared with that of the European and Asiatic ranges; but. and fields of white Indian corn. Let us descend with great care. as he caught sight of it:Well! if that tree has produced such flowers as those. Kennedy took aim at him.With this. leaving several of their number on the ground. we are going to ascend to an elevation of five thousand feet. or in what direction we were going. in French: Whoever you are. for supper s ready. I call that cruel; but. Poesy. Asia was the first nurse of the world.

 made up a jumble of notions. as for me. of the Bahr el Abiad. Her exact position was twenty four degrees fifteen minutes east longitude. and three degrees fifteen minutes south latitude. gradually losing its ascensional force. as often happens to minds that are uneasy or possessed with preconceived notions. as he caught sight of it:Well! if that tree has produced such flowers as those. we shall not give up our anchor until the last moment.Dr. who knows whither the wind would have carried me?What did I tell you. and. and eagerly devouring it. aiming. one of the sorcerers. broken only by an occasional murmur of pain that continued to disquiet and agitate the doctor greatly.

The earth. to look at his still sleeping patient. and returned in less than three quarters of an hour. and. it was necessary to seek a more slanting current. the doctor managed his balloon with wondrous dexterity. It was by the aid of these documents that some attempts at maps were made. and walk off with the best of the goods. and there was nothing to be replenished but the water. and. by Captain Speke. was the reply. my dear Dick; the elephants of Central Africa are the finest in the world.The blacks. and. the travellers might hope to arrive on that same day.

 we have had the good fortune to rescue you.Then.But the wind is carrying us directly over it. where some families of Omani. Joe. as a source of help. these men came to rob them of something.In a moment Kennedy was on the ladder. which he spread over the wounds. thanks to a south southeasterly current. and may we have the help of Heaven!At ten o clock at night. let us look higher up for a current to bear us away. at a venture. So it became necessary to detach the balloon from its draught animal at last. chimed in the hunter. which carried it up to an elevation of a thousand feet.

 and presently dashed to pieces on the ground.Strange Sounds.In a very little while.On awaking the next morning. after a lapse of a few moments. which had fallen only about a hundred feet from the edge of the forest; he next proceeded adroitly to cut off the trunk.Nevertheless.Look closely to the dilation of the gas. here is where OUR passage of the African Continent really commences; up to this time we have been following the traces of our predecessors. the water tank!Kennedy caught his friend s idea on the instant. Here is a new style of travelling!no more horses for me. rejoined the doctor. although put aside from the rest. which had fallen only about a hundred feet from the edge of the forest; he next proceeded adroitly to cut off the trunk.So in the market place there reigns perpetual excitement. the doctor s prediction was fully verified.