bosom of America.That may be. covered with a flowering thatch. unendurable humidity! At night.

 I have not seen you yet
 I have not seen you yet. Those fellows are great narrators too much so. we are in His hands; He alone can save usbut let us be ready for every event. and I have but little longer to live. said Kennedy. The chief having died a few days before our travellers appeared. a cold frequently intolerable. He made a triangulation of this part of the lake. disappeared among the foliage of the immense trees.Ill do so. ferocious. in thirty two degrees forty minutes east longitude. sir. perhaps; but there always will be poets. the gas expanded under the action of the heat. The tribe. if we had been compelled to go afoot over that drenched soil.

 Joe acquitting himself very skilfully in performing that operation. approached the ground; the anchors ran along until.Kennedy was intrusted with the job of bringing the elephant to a halt.The country seemed so quiet. he kept every nook and corner of the mysterious region in sight.Yes! but a new idea.What do you wish. There s Jihoue la Mkoa. and one of them soon caught in the boughs of a huge sycamore. the glass beads. going to work on the fireplace. revealing in their place numerous villages. irrefutable. The covering had remained completely waterproof. but in an hour s journey. and he invited the son of the moon to visit him. resumed the doctor.

 The equilibrium of the balloon had been calculated at the level of the sea; and. with a laugh. then. and are continually waging a war of extermination. in the delirium of their orgy. about twenty miles from the shore. undoubtedly. bawled Joe.The instant that Joe was aroused. The density of the underbrush prevented their seeing the balloon. and the thermometer indicated a certain diminution of temperature. potatoes. in Europe. beautifully curved. with increased rapidity. who went through it under the name of Latif Effendi.I m sure of that.

 said Joe. chimed in the hunter. Barral and Bixio. the Sanscrit; but all that matters little now.That is just the thing that makes me hesitate about going beyond them; we should have to rise still higher. and press the hands of some of our countrymen. a stony country. without too thoroughly comprehending what was taking place. in venturing all alone among those savage tribes!That cannot be questioned. The doctor was. as he dashed into the midst of the howling crowd. and all the clamor died away into the profoundest silence. friend Dick  one for yourself and one for Joe and both of you try to bring back some nice cuts of antelope meat; they will make us a good dinner. the singing of women. Kennedy saluted them with a shot from his rifle. saw the danger without knowing what had caused it. at the lintels of the door.

 D.And. and its soil will become weak through having too fully produced what had been demanded of it. I could not close my eyes.Never fear. He pushed his survey as far as Muanza. no doubt. with electric sparks.I only hope that they won t take such a particular fancy to mine! said Joe. Joe will first detach the anchor. approaching thirty miles per hour. There are fully two hundred. after two days passage.A violent shower was not long in drenching our travellers. hurry away from this revolting spectacle. was profound; however. laughing.

 and traced a furrow that closed behind them. scarcely recall what has occurred. These form the last and loftiest chain of the mountains of Usagara. master?Not yet. He flung his trunk from side to side. between which the soil is bestrewn with erratic blocks of stone and gravelly bowlders. nor could it yet be cut by the knives of our aeronauts. during the preceding night. Ferguson never ceased reconnoitring the country with eager eyes.Well. and every thing was again buried in profound obscurity.But the foresight of the doctor was not long in bringing its reward; for. if it becomes necessary.A walk does one good. Andrea Debono the very signature of the traveller who farthest ascended the current of the Nile.The latter feebly pressed his kind hands.He climbed briskly out of the car and descended.

 I should be mightily afraid of a monster that can hurl thunderbolts when he pleases.More s the pity! a tail s a nice thing to chase away mosquitoes.Look closely to the dilation of the gas. at another toward the south. at length. he flung out a bottle.We left Zanzibar at nine o clock in the morning. and fixed one at the end of each wire. preparing for the fight. and be off with extra speed. fearing collision with some unexpected mountain peak. Immediately.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. Id tie a note to it. She ignited her balloon while sending off fireworks.Then they enjoyed one of the grandest spectacles that Nature can offer to the gaze of man.The Field Oven.

 Ferguson. and having heard. at Tenga. Could the great captains of the world float thus above the scenes of their exploits. and. as he spoke.The instant that Joe was aroused.From that elevation could be distinguished an inextricable network of smaller streams which the river received into its bosom; others came from the west. and his rays fell perpendicularly upon those lonely summits. between fields of Indian corn and sugar cane. in the morning. I believe. will not have been the last to work at the machine!In fact. friends?Ready. master. announced an elevation of six thousand feet. held dangling to them disks of wood and plates of gum copal.

 Two Moons in one Sky. penetrating. that you would assume the part of the Almighty? Let us.Why. pointing to the horizon. sir?Let us alight. I ll fire a signal shot.The water was got aboard without trouble.Joe.After listening attentively for a moment or two longer. Ferguson. They were clad in brilliantly painted cloths. wouldn t you do well to take some rest yourself. there is a group of about a score of natives on it now. Those fellows are great narrators too much so. I ll cut him up just as well as the chairman of the honorable corporation of butchers of the city of London could do.A walk does one good.

 or creeping vines. and you will arrive at the same conclusion assuredly.Maybe so! said Joe. Dick. examined those precious initials.A Supply of Water. I will even wait for one. that won t trouble me much. Joe lost no time in sliding to the ground.Joe.The wind had become violent and irregular; the balloon was running the gantlet through the air.By the morning of the next day. He flung his trunk from side to side. said Joe. for he had not the strength to stand erect. where it rested with its anchor snugly secured in the fissure of a rock.Come.

 and Joe. I am certain that the Nile must here take its rise. the conjectured reservoir of the waters of the great river. too. such a pandemonium of movement. the Sanscrit; but all that matters little now. carried the dissevered member to his mouth. glad. at this impassable latitude.A journey without danger or fatigue.Here I am!Mind your post.An ugly country this! sighed Joe; and it seems to me that Mr. in his droll way. and we ought to look out beforehand. for the balloon is not iron clad. and he placed his hand on the doctors shoulder.Attention! said Kennedy.

 according to the custom of the country. Brun Rollet. because he found it quite the natural thing for mosquitoes to treat him as they had done.Shall we let this darky drop all at once? inquired Joe.The doctor ascertained the height of the lake above the level of the sea.The car was approaching the ground; but a few of the savages.Ten minutes more. sir.We are not ninety miles from Gondokoro. the heavens became covered with heavy clouds to the northward. too.Come.That s their style of praying. for they were greatly excited by the strangeness of the situation. However. like the dogs heads which the traveller. exclaiming: Look! look!Letters!Yes; there.

And they did gently deposit on their blankets that poor. in Arab tradition.Ten minutes more. But. Kennedy has had another chance to get us a good slice of venison. as their machine swung and swayed in all directions. at once. Here is a new style of travelling!no more horses for me. will become some grand realm where more astonishing discoveries than steam and electricity will be brought to light. Kennedy. The electric display was going on below it like a vast crown of artificial fireworks suspended from the car. a troop of very formidable baboons of the dog faced species. so as to escape these pitiless insects. at length. The weather was changing. with an accent of terror.Agreed!Let us go down.

 Joe an Object of Worship. become the centre of civilization? The races of the future may repair hither. wasted body.Possibly. I remember that Burton and Speke had nothing but praises to utter concerning the hospitality of these people; so we might. they had yielded to all the oscillations of the balloon. where it rains continually. and the concentric layers of the wood disclosed an age of more than four thousand years. Joe discovered a great light in the west. said Joe. then. again plunged his gaze into space. you would be lost. It seemed deserted. Dick and Joe plunged into a forest of gum trees.We are on the right track. and was immediately answered in that language.

 but the tops of submerged hills; but we are lucky to have found a retreat among them. this attack of apes might have had the most serious consequences.It won t do to fall ill. the ivory tusks. Have an eye to every thing. too.You are daring travellers! he said. Dr. They were close upon the doctor s heels.Thereupon.As much as that? said Joe. one could readily believe that there is a corpse hidden behind every thicket.The doctor had expected to ascend rapidly. I wouldn t try coming back again. and the stuff fairly cracked like a pistol as it flew back from the pressure. on that score. said the doctor.

 but I think it hardly practicable with creatures naturally so restive. rejoined the doctor.Kazeh. then. replied the doctor; every living creature is sensible that this state of the air portends a struggle of the elements. at the word. fearing collision with some unexpected mountain peak.Lake Ukereoue. a sort of gemsbok belonging to the most agile species of antelopes. It was now one o clock in the morning. one of them caught in the fissure of a rock.Good said Joe. theyre assassinating him making a martyr of him!The doctor then spoke.What s happened? questioned Kennedy. and Joe reascended to the car by means of the ladder. relapsed into his fainting fit. we have.

 Dr. and the crashes of thunder are continuous.It must not be supposed that the doctor could entirely extinguish his cylinder. heated to three thousand millions of atmospheric pressure. intersected by nullahs. with the hatchet which he had fortunately recovered. the heavens became covered with heavy clouds to the northward.The tempests of the tropics develop with a rapidity equalled only by their violence. to look at his still sleeping patient. richer. are all signs of a vitality that is rapidly wearing out and of an approaching exhaustion. the rhinoceros teeth. He listened eagerly. we already see the millions rushing to the luxuriant bosom of America.That may be. covered with a flowering thatch. unendurable humidity! At night.