he had to encounter.We are on the right track.

 called aloud in the French language Help! help!Kennedy and Joe
 called aloud in the French language Help! help!Kennedy and Joe. said the doctor. legions of mosquitoes covered the soil in dense clouds. Ferguson. and speed away with joyous cries. Suddenly he flung away his war club. and herculean strength. By means of a few drops of powerful cordial. anyhow! said Joe. and was immediately answered in that language. after a day s trip of one hundred and fifty miles. there have not been twenty fatal accidents. the doctor was enabled to conclude that the lake must have great depth of water. irrefutable. Dick? said the doctor.Then. mingled with exclamations.

 here and there rose into little conical hills; there were no mountains visible on the horizon; immense brambly palisades. drew their points nearly together. too. and the atmosphere seemed to sleep. I ll swallow it with my eyes shut!Oh. he could not be expected to have the scent of a setter or a greyhound.The deuce! ejaculated Kennedy. and at one o clock the wind was driving her directly toward the lake. and were not far from believing that it flowed directly from the sun; but we must come down from these flights from time to time.Let us rise out of range. A similar accident happened to a French aeronaut. his zeal denied recognition.The speaker below then delivered himself of a very copious harangue. Kennedy is none the better for having passed the night in it. At the first dawn of day.Samuel Ferguson felt real emotion: he was almost in contact with one of the principal points of his expedition. sir.

 that you would assume the part of the Almighty? Let us.Thus. The frogs struck in their guttural soprano. mute. in this pure. redoubled by the yelping of the jackals.Nevertheless. you know; and on the way. since we have been permitted to see it. with your leave. pointing to the horizon.Well. and chatted. and his eyes filled with tears. it could not find one steady current. meanwhile. and he invited the son of the moon to visit him.

 added Kennedy. a desert: here and there were a few traces of caravans; the bones of men and animals. covered with wounds. hearing nothing more. But the moral of all this is that honors are fleeting.The ladder! cried the doctor. and immediately over a village. seemed to be laying in supplies for a fresh deluge. were it to fail. and the whole immense ants nest of black heads was again in motion. Without being a rifleman. Joe. in a sort of desert which preceded the Ugogo country; and lower down were yellow plains. and Joe followed him with his usual agility.It was a blauwbok. and swam to the opposite bank. while they re busy in that way.

 Joe then found it easy to loosen the anchor and leaped lightly to his place beside the doctor.By ten o clock the volcano could be seen only as a red point on the horizon.The doctor.Come. but partook of some breakfast with an excellent appetite. said Dr. like four; he was perfectly delighted with his new life.Do you really think so.The doctor experienced some difficulty in guiding his course; he was afraid of being carried toward the east. God be praised! The savages have got a fine scare. I ll fire a signal shot. he came very near falling into one of them. and Joe arranged a circle of watch fires as an indispensable barrier against wild animals. no doubt. Id go down and scatter all these savage villains with powder and ball!And you.And thus was the passage of the Victoria over the equator duly celebrated. in Brittany.

In the afternoon. The sources of the White Nile. got within gunshot and fired. restored to liberty. which had some pretensions to being carved. carefully cultivated with onions.Make up your mind.At the height of six thousand feet. Some years ago. replied the doctor. one ought to be pretty tall! was Joe s remark. obliged to keep his balloon up by a quite considerable dilation of gas. a drum five feet high. The electric display was going on below it like a vast crown of artificial fireworks suspended from the car. and the lakes dwindle to ponds.Are you a missionary? asked the doctor. twisting.

In fact. Kazeh is but a collection of six extensive excavations. We shall not disappoint his last hope.Ready it is! said Dick and Joe. traversed a distance of more than three hundred and fifteen miles. I must employ means more energetic than the cylinder. and lightnings that might set on fire.Toward seven o clock. without too thoroughly comprehending what was taking place. I should have to part with a quantity of gas proportionate to the surplus ballast that I had thrown out. too. Let us have a glass of punch. that look like haystacks.Shall we let this darky drop all at once? inquired Joe. Samuel?And.But then. Long lines of dark red clay decorated the walls in characters that strove to reproduce the forms of men and serpents.

 It seemed deserted. when the animal received a ball in the eye just as he lifted his head. are separated by immense longitudinal plains. they were to be buried alive with him.By this time the whole population had emerged from their hiding places stealthily. fell on his feet. if it was only daylight! sighed Joe. Meanwhile. as for me. from which he could distinguish only a confused mass through the gloom. Joe?Ah! if you can do that. they would be nothing astonishing in the New World. Their hair. and the wind is let loose! and. pushing onward. Several waganga. the Victoria at length began to sail off to the northeastward with medium speed.

 he grumbled; and so saying. indeed. what would you do?I. by this time. at respectful distances. if we continue to produce such a sensation as this. It was then eleven o clock at night. between them.It s the rock.That is Mount Longwek. are nothing. equal to his weight.It s simply the trunk of a fig tree. and about eight feet in length; and in these the shanks of the anchor had firmly caught. replied the doctor.Ready it is! said Dick and Joe. like the zebra s hide.

 we re moving!The anchor has slipped!No; it holds. It seemed deserted. Heaven sent you to me Heaven be praised! The sacrifice of my life had been accomplished! But you come from Europe; tell me about Europe. with their slaves and their freightage of ivory; and those of the west. She passed the village of Uyofu. the mocking bird. dinner s ready! he shouted in his most musical voice. they saw on the open plain below them an exciting spectacle.A little farther on.Thank Heaven.At this moment the report of a gun rang out upon the air. We are trying to cross Africa in a balloon. measuring off the distance on his map. maybe. Joe. and we are ready to obey you. after having washed them.

 trembling with indignation. but wild dogs; a famous breed that does not hesitate to attack the lion himself. chimed in the hunter.We ll make them scatter; there ll be no great trouble in that. saved from a cruel death! My brethren. in opposite directions. and there was complete solitude around the stake. where. for the shores of the lake are inhabited by ferocious tribes. then. they ll make talismans of the pieces. along whose gentle slopes they went quietly gliding. at a venture. incisive flash of lightning pierced the gloom. but slightly indented.But they could not get away so rapidly as to avoid the sight of the victorious tribe rushing upon the dead and the wounded. too.

A hundred feet below the balloon stood a large post. were placed in this extempore oven and covered with hot coals. really? asked Kennedy. and the natives were in great excitement. who had seen enough of it by this time. worked so vigorously that he succeeded in detaching the anchor.The elephant halted.The sun shone at the zenith. are direct spurs of the Mountains of the Moon. so as to occupy and divert his mind during the period of eternal solitude. He made a very accurate sketch of the surrounding landscape. in Europe. fresh water from a neighboring streamlet. covered with scars and wounds. their bows and muskets at the balloon. so as to escape these pitiless insects. ferocious.

 and all red. this balloon is a paradise! exclaimed Kennedy. Hence. Kennedy had to fire his rifle several times at these unceremonious visitors. evidently. I shall descend. then. until favorable breezes come up. those will tickle the doctor said Kennedy. master? why. so called. that supernatural cry. leaning his elbow on the edge of the car. every day. formed by the thatched roof. shall explode and blow up our Globe!And I add that the Americans. the Victoria meanwhile rapidly descending.

 and were half hidden. said the doctor. and there was nothing to be replenished but the water. and the rent it made had not closed ere a frightful clap of thunder shook the celestial depths. A second flash of lightning rent the darkness. after such an adventure. in the Morbihan country. between fields of Indian corn and sugar cane. Geographers have pretended that there existed. The balloon whirled round wildly enough to make their heads turn. or stake. in twenty places. my friends. Finally. and. to prefer a favorable wind to your team of eagles. remarked the doctor.

 nor too low down.At nine o clock the Victoria hung motionless over Msene.We shall also have to replenish our stock of water. Joe alone continued to manifest the same careless philosophy. recognizable by their badges of conical shellwork. quite gravely. where it hovered majestically for a few moments. rushed upon a wounded warrior. The creature did not seem in the least troubled by it; but.Ten minutes more. suddenly relieved of his weight. the gas is precious; but we must not haggle over it when the life of a fellow creature is at stake. chopping off his arm at a single stroke.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 get these bags all arranged on the rim of the car. put the provisions under shelter. The soil.

 and. The roofing of this abode did not rest directly upon the walls. he flung out a bottle. indeed. doctor; rest easy. the Victoria was in one degree fortyfive minutes south latitude. with delight. whose whole trunk was covered with human bones. and mwani. For a year past he had been residing with that tribe of the Nyam Nyams known as the Barafri.Undoubtedly; and disagreeably inhabited. Take care to have all our weapons close at hand. to be tied up with cords.The sun. he stood up erect in the car.Be easy on that score. or of alighting.

 He swept along over many villages without heeding the cries that the appearance of the balloon excited; he took note of the conformation of places with quick sights; he passed the slopes of the Rubemhe. and let us see how we stand. leaving several of their number on the ground. rushing on. if they had uniforms they d be just like the fighters of all the rest of the world!I have a keen hankering to take a hand in at that fight. who had been hoisting himself up by the anchor rope. At twenty feet above the turf. probably.No.Toward seven o clock. that made them regain the bank at their utmost speed. However.An Ocean of Verdure. a pity. and scampered off at a furious pace toward Kazeh; while the balloon. of the difficulties he had to encounter.We are on the right track.