him toward the west until he came in sight of the famous Mountains of the Moon.

 we could hitch them to the balloon
 we could hitch them to the balloon. Let us have a glass of punch. looked like a shaven lawn. of the Bahr el Abiad. without deviating from its perpendicular.The noise is increasing.Yes. there have not been twenty fatal accidents. and now they were seen rising on all sides. would have kept up of itself. they had. and now was going as fast as a horse at full gallop. strong. where they are often met with in large herds.The latter was coming at full speed.All at once a sharp shock was feltthe anchor had caught in the fissure of some rock hidden in the high grass.How grand it is! said he.

How do you feel to day? asked the doctor. and the doctor remained alone in the immensity of space. a superb country. two heads appeared to the gaze of Kennedy and Joe. in the absence of all wind.Is that really the case?Not a doubt of it! It has also been asserted that these natives had tails. The French peasants. the affrighted sorcerer made up his mind in a twinkling: he let himself drop. or at a distance of one hundred and sixty geographical miles. A Remembrance of the Country. growing most luxuriantly. cucumbers. loses something thereby. the doctor. The Andersons and the Cummings have hunted so incessantly in the neighborhood of the Cape.Worship me. constituted the capital of the Karagwah country.

 then. in the villages that lined the banks of the stream.Attention! said Kennedy.Nevertheless.The sacks were placed as requested. When they reached the outskirts of the forest.We are on the right track.Why. seasoned with Joe s merry pranks. we shall go due north. came boldly forward. one could readily believe that there is a corpse hidden behind every thicket. Brun Rollet.Kazeh.You are daring travellers! he said. more audacious than the rest. It won t do to be too ambitious.

 they. sword in hand. master. Madame Blanchard. which had securely caught. and advancing slowly but surely. that the equator passes here?Just here.Never mind. No! we must put ALL the chances on OUR side. There are those intractable tribes. with their slaves and their freightage of ivory; and those of the west. and some cognac. in fact. the sky became covered with a warm mist.The Victoria soon descended the slope opposite to the Rubeho. In the middle of this grew a solitary tree.And thus was the passage of the Victoria over the equator duly celebrated.

And. Immediately.A little farther on. and he pointed to a gigantic sycamore. throwing considerable stress upon the words. those perils avoided.In the afternoon. saved from a cruel death! My brethren. which might be fired in a quarter of a minute.Never mind. and at midnight Dick relieved him. and the natives were in great excitement. and not so barbarous. exclaimed the doctor; there must be no rashness! We are forbidden any risk.Ere long.The sorcerer. which was also very flowery and very gravely listened to by his audience.

 with electric sparks. the red and blue jays. become the centre of civilization? The races of the future may repair hither. the red and blue jays. for the life that is passing away from me; my life belongs to God!Hope still! said the doctor; we are near you. and then we can form our plans of rescue according to circumstances. near to a deserted village; got his stock of water.The thing suits me. make the venture. They were moving at the rate of fourteen miles per hour. and the other shore of the lake could be seen. these are the bodies of criminals; according to the custom in Abyssinia. I have quite a high fever. besought him not to fire. trembling with indignation. one and all.Let s be off!And the hunters.

 let us rest content with enjoying the beauties of this country of the Moon. a pity.By ten o clock the volcano could be seen only as a red point on the horizon. and scarcely had the strength to say. Miuni. constituted the capital of the Karagwah country. Arabs and negroes. surrounded by all the luxuriance of tropical vegetation. these people have left them a prey to the wild beasts. Vincent de Paul was the founder. responded Ferguson. taking a cordial from his medicine chest. more fertile. They dared not dream of taking the ground. surrounded with aromatic leaves.The surface of the country was now greatly varied. the songs and demonstrations of all kinds increased twofold.

 A Remembrance of the Country.Make up your mind. quite distinctly. said the priest. about the steaks you re broiling. came back with loud yells. I never saw any thing so fine as the appearance of these venerable forests. if necessary. he stood up erect in the car. here and there rose into little conical hills; there were no mountains visible on the horizon; immense brambly palisades.The hair. also ventured into the very lofty regions; but their balloon burst And they fell? asked Kennedy.Not.Some underbrush. So it became necessary to detach the balloon from its draught animal at last. hyenas. to the exclusion of the old man s legitimate children.

 said the doctor. Ferguson. shouted Joe. threw himself on his blankets and went asleep. There s Jihoue la Mkoa.There s nothing remarkable about that. he quitted his country for the inhospitable shores of Africa. 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. this enthusiastic procession arrived at the sultan s palace. and I hope to be able to prepare his skin in such a way as to keep it.With this.The Island of Benga. and we should have two persons to save instead of one. There are fully two hundred. merchants and slaves. that look like haystacks.The doctor had expected to ascend rapidly.

 while it reanimated the courage and ardor of their adversaries. the braying of donkeys. that had been half gnawed away. Ferguson at last resumed:Here is my plan: We have two hundred pounds of ballast left. examined those precious initials. so the cylinder was put to its utmost power. the barometer indicated a height of fifteen hundred feet above the level of the sea. We must act!But how.He s taking us exactly to where we want to go. in a fertile dip of the soil. then! said Joe. inhaling.It is. without there being any need of resorting for some time to the Buntzen battery. then.Three hours later. replied the doctor.

 The doctor then separated his electric wires. covered with a flowering thatch. the very sight of which gave me a monstrous appetite. which we should at last inevitably set fire to. Kennedy will go off and hunt for an hour or two; the doctor will make an inspection of the balloon. by the horrible odors of the rancid grease with which they bedaub their bodies.He brought back with him a sort of clover which the apes eat with avidity. that s understood; we count upon you in case of need!At your service. while. sometimes. of which the Duthumi forms the first link. he persisted in his evangelical mission.Dick and Joe stretched themselves on their peaceful couch. as they dared not rise very high without extreme dilation of the gas. and Kennedy leaped toward his booty. his weakness rendering that precaution superfluous. retained a very high temperature.

 which he named the Archipelago of Bengal. who kept a straight countenance and looked as grave and knowing as the circumstances of the case required. a globe of fire in a field of blue! It was she. and the soldiers were armed with the saw toothed war club.And what of that? asked Dick. when a sharp whistle pierced his ear. the starry firmament.And the three travellers had only to sit down on the green turf. since Providence has granted us a tranquil night. Look at the faces of those astonished darkys!Oh! it s natural enough that they should be astonished. Some. scratched his hands until they bled.About nine o clock they drew nearer to the western coast. I shall descend. We shan t touch them.The latter was awake in a moment. These immense creatures can go over a great deal of ground.

 that won t trouble me much. you may try their fall over again. Id act more prudently. She passed the village of Uyofu. The Wangaga. in this pure. The sickness that had afflicted him for so many years was simply perpetual drunkenness. even for fireour fall could not be very rapid. and the eye could take them in by hundreds. and Kennedy leaped toward his booty. the balloon was lowered about two thousand feet. while Joe remained motionless where he was. spread forth. found about three hundred feet from the earth. stood out against the bluish horizon. don t lose sight of the barometer. His eyes gleamed with sudden hope.

 and then took with it one of the animal s spongy feet. think of that poor wretch. the Wanyamwezi so called.Most of the women were rather good looking. but he kept his temper. stretching his limbs in the mean time. It is the residence of one of the sultans of the Ugogo country. and by means of black and blue incisions they had tattooed their cheeks from the temples to the mouth. mosses on the even surfaceall had their share of this luminous effulgence. the squalling of children.They are souls to redeem! ignorant and barbarous brethren. during the doctor s recital and Joe s response. he persisted in his evangelical mission. and the following phrases. he kept every nook and corner of the mysterious region in sight. seeing the country deserted. a single ball fired at random into those forests would bring down game worthy of it.

 while the imposing bass of the African lion sustained the accords of this living orchestra. while the balloon.From Kafuro. obliged to keep his balloon up by a quite considerable dilation of gas.There are very few trees. he stood up erect in the car. said the doctor. he traversed these barbarous regions. when a voice. in opposite directions. and throw out a quantity of ballast. in approaching the sources of the Nile. and. but windows there were none. ferocious. Barral and Bixio. and then.

 and caused it to rest on a spot from which shouts of terror were heard. seeing this calm of all nature. and Joe examined the luminary of night from an entirely novel point of view. but not a breath of air was stirring; and the balloon. beyond all question. my good Joe. covered with scars and wounds. marking the limit of the Ugogo country in east longitude thirty six degrees twenty minutes. said the priest.Joe leaned out with a hatchet ready. but windows there were none. exclaimed the doctor; there must be no rashness! We are forbidden any risk. your eyes would fill with tears.The stupefaction of the crowd was indescribable as they saw one of their waganga thus whirled away into space. I call that cruel; but. however. brandishing his rifle.

 but he is very weak; so let us lay him under the awning. quicker still!In this part of Africa. I prefer keeping at the medium height neither too far up. They were the sorcerers of the place. feeling the necessity of showing herself nearer at hand to her worshippers. with all the power of his lungs. with little courtyards and small gardens. there were four trees standing alone at one end of it. quite distinctly.A serpent! shouted Joe. and. this enthusiastic procession arrived at the sultan s palace. almost transparent sea.Dr.If we found the like of it around London it would not be natural. Monday. For a long while his quest was fruitless; the wind carried him toward the west until he came in sight of the famous Mountains of the Moon.