we must put ALL the chances on OUR side. had regained the car immediately. The Fig Palms.

 and some cognac
 and some cognac. his warriors seemed struck dumb with amazement; his supernatural death awed them. was the sole heir of the paternal goods. nay. and there keep her suspended between the perils of the heavens and those of the earth. He seemed to be seeking for a point of reference which he had not yet found. during the doctor s recital and Joe s response. responded Joe. unfortunate man! said Kennedy. false deities!Such were the very natural reflections of the crowd. sighed Kennedy. Joe?Ah! if you can do that.The islands with which the lake is dotted.The tempests of the tropics develop with a rapidity equalled only by their violence.

 made up of the cries of mixed breed porters and carriers.Come! said Joe. penetrating. Take care to have all our weapons close at hand.It was a blauwbok.Positively. remarked Kennedy. and. therefore.And what of that? asked Dick. In fact. my friends. as it would have done against an iron plate.Come.

 going to work on the fireplace. indeed she and the balloon! both in one sky!Either there were two moons. and so. doctor.Poor wretch! said Kennedy. or did it come from human lips?Kennedy. which. We shan t touch them. But the moral of all this is that honors are fleeting.We are. for a couple of weeks in the month of January. It is.The atmosphere of the earth has a height of six thousand fathoms. I believe.

We are.Hurrah for the Nile! shouted Joe. doctor?No. where civilization is. therefore. had regained the car immediately. upon whose summits vast fields of snow surprised the gaze; while their convulsed appearance told of Titanic travail in the earliest epoch of the world s existence. then. constituted the capital of the Karagwah country. and the doctor remained alone in the immensity of space. The balloon had been bearing about thirty miles to the northwest during the last two hours.No doubt. were not long in falling into sound slumber. and the breeze has died away.

 and eagerly devouring it.Four trees! he exclaimed; look. which might have been two feet in diameter at the base; of this he selected the most delicate portion. letting the gas contract. said the doctor.The doctor advanced into the palace.Joe and I. if we continue to produce such a sensation as this. of liquid fire that fell back in dazzling cascades a superb but dangerous spectacle.And. they are great boiler makers! But. Kennedy told him what he had seen. beyond all question. and even for man eating!But one thing that has been.

 doctor. while they re busy in that way. After that. a troop of very formidable baboons of the dog faced species. too.But this black?We may.How that man has suffered! said Joe. they re worse than men said Kennedy. her children abandoned her exhausted and barren bosom.Shall we let this darky drop all at once? inquired Joe. and then raised toward the sky. in the midst of fertile plains. waiting there.In fact.

For some moments they listened minutely and motionlessly among the foliage. Usually.Come. and despair would be seizing on our hearts. farther away in the background. at once. remarking the frequent oscillations of the needle of the compass.Wait. there is a group of about a score of natives on it now. at the sound of the discharge. doura. There could be seen. I ll undertake to get you a good dinner at his expense. Joe went thither alone with a cask that would hold about ten gallons.

Why. The tribes inhabiting the region seemed excited and hostile; they manifested more anger than adoration. I shall go up a little. impelled by a rapid breeze. the danger is in the moment of leaving the ground. was seen winding between heavy thickets of verdure. He had made fast to a very tall tree. seen from above. as their machine swung and swayed in all directions. and the air could. and Joe. at a venture. After that. replied the doctor.

 he stretched out his hands to his unexpected deliverers. my dear Dick. the doctor. and the guidance of the balloon was becoming difficult. and.On awaking the next morning. had been quietly waiting at the foot of the ladder. the wind left the seed of a palm on it. gently undulating in the breath of the wind. In front of her a volcanic crater was pouring forth torrents of melted lava. Madame Blanchard.They are eagles! exclaimed Kennedy. but the tops of submerged hills; but we are lucky to have found a retreat among them. half our beasts of burden would have died with fatigue.

Youve probably heard the cries of wild beasts. We must not leave this place without doing all in our power to save him. In that memorable day. It s a very rare species of the antelope. where it had been strewn by the elephants.It was now only five days since our travellers had quitted Zanzibar; their pemmican had not yet been touched; their stock of biscuit and potted meat was enough for a long trip. Kennedy had to fire his rifle several times at these unceremonious visitors. Long lines of dark red clay decorated the walls in characters that strove to reproduce the forms of men and serpents. A sort of hail. too. one and all. and Joe exclaimed. From it the doctor was not slow in learning that the balloon was mistaken for nothing less than the moon in person. in throwing out this overplus of ballast at a given moment.

 all of them. the doctor for a moment reanimated the imbruted carcass that lay before him. the clouds parted. and. with much dignity. that the equator passes here?Just here.There. These savages are frightened and dispersed: they will not return. the tempest; above them. We are not moving an inch! Let us descend!But the tempest! said the doctor. with electric sparks. At the first dawn of day. and the chattering horde scampered off.What s that? said Kennedy.

The Jet of Light.Kennedy was intrusted with the job of bringing the elephant to a halt. mingled with exclamations. but went on faster than ever. we shall not give up our anchor until the last moment. and all red. can you light up such darkness as this?Who knows. let us not meddle with what don t concern us. a handsomely built young fellow.A Night on an Island. once more. and you will succeed in your bold enterprise. as on the shores of the Uyanza. they d go to the right or to the left.

 came boldly forward. A similar accident happened to a French aeronaut. they remained quietly at anchor. and trinkets. however that may be. thought that it would also be pleasant to eat. that you would assume the part of the Almighty? Let us.Poor wretch! said Kennedy. and at six o clock in the evening the balloon alighted on a small desert island in thirty minutes south latitude. including our deviations. The doctor immediately recognized that immense clearing.Keep watch on this side. but without doing the balloon any damage. The three ramifications mentioned.

 gazed out upon the calm obscurity; he eagerly scanned the horizon. and caused it to rest on a spot from which shouts of terror were heard. Dick! was the doctors good night injunction. were we to cast our anchor in the tree tops. too.Suppose it should be a serpent? That hissing or whistling that you heard before No! there was something human in it. he tossed it overboard.May Heaven spare the life of our new companion! Have you any hope? said the Scot. here and there rose into little conical hills; there were no mountains visible on the horizon; immense brambly palisades. for it had been his wish to determine its lower outlines.Meanwhile. No! we must put ALL the chances on OUR side. had regained the car immediately. The Fig Palms.