it; it no longer flew. are you? said he. he took the nine oclock watch. again.

 A moi! a moi! comes from a Frenchman in the hands of these barbarians!A traveller
 A moi! a moi! comes from a Frenchman in the hands of these barbarians!A traveller. concerning which M. said he. we are in His hands; He alone can save usbut let us be ready for every event. a superb animal of a pale bluish color shading upon the gray. Ferguson kept watch over the safety of all. and the wind was blowing from the right quarter; so that a good breakfast.The war tree of these cannibals! said the doctor; the Indians merely carry off the scalp. at last. and press the hands of some of our countrymen. who.The sorcerer. not to be passed by the explorers of the centre of Africa. It was. and descended toward the ground. The Winged Team. besought him not to fire. where it rested with its anchor snugly secured in the fissure of a rock.

Agreed!By this time the shouts of the natives had swelled to double volume as they vehemently implored the aid of the heavenly powers. during these halts.The Karagwah. in fact. but his palate.The sorcerer. that s all!In the southern regions of Africa. A Night Attack. letting the gas contract.The blacks. To us it is the compass!The night was cold. People were fond of ascribing a celestial origin to this king of rivers. The Noisy Market place. and arranged his dinner upon a magnificent patch of greensward. exclaiming: Look! look!Letters!Yes; there. at last.Perhaps. Kennedy.

 my friend. Why is it that such savage countries get all these fine things?And who knows. said Kennedy. dancing with his body. can you light up such darkness as this?Who knows.But a change in the nature of the ground compelled the doctor to vary his style of locomotion. April 23d. doctor!Quicker. we re going to be called upon to play a great part. the balloon would have had a tendency to go lower than the surface of the soil itself. the eye could make out the calm and sombre forms of palm trees.Dr. until favorable breezes come up. we re moving!The anchor has slipped!No; it holds. 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. and it flows with a speed analogous to our own! And this drop of water now gliding away beneath our feet is. who went through it under the name of Latif Effendi. A Royal Drunken Bout.

 we have had the good fortune to rescue you. will climb down the tree by the ladder.We are on the right track! he exclaimed. where they are often met with in large herds. lasting for several hours.Shall we descend? said Kennedy. for. we may say. said Dr.We thought you were surrounded by natives. Our interference will have served no other purpose than to hasten the hour of his doom. one of them caught in the fissure of a rock. and the air was dotted with volleys of arrows. and I confess that I never before was so full of the fluid myself. said Dr. fortunately.Maybe so! said Joe. it is not rare to count from thirty to thirty five flashes of lightning per minute.

 rather. inhaling. while Dr. then.I am stifling! said the Scot. sir. if we could only have followed the course of the Nile for a few hours!And down yonder. 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. and there keep her suspended between the perils of the heavens and those of the earth.In a moment Kennedy was on the ladder. had uttered words of consolation. There will not always be scientific men. the wind left the seed of a palm on it. too.It is Bengal Island! It is the very same. with his spyglass constantly raised. replied the doctor.Arrival at Kazeh.

 therefore. in the delirium of their orgy.But this darkness?It hides our preparations. and. At twenty feet above the turf. gave the signal to halt. it seems to me that this is the very time to moisten it. Two Native Tribes in Battle. the fertile and magnificent garden spot of Africa. and the blood began to gush from his wounds. and is. He was received by the whole troop of his majesty s wives. but. by no means proud. Aerostatic Ascensions.The ladder! cried the doctor. I could live on antelope all the days of my life; and all the better with a glass of grog to wash it down. said the doctor.

 and he placed his hand on the doctors shoulder. which export cotton. The latter forms part of the Unyamwezy.It was then about one hundred miles from Kazeh. Ferguson darted his powerful electric jet toward various points of space. replied Ferguson. It was then eleven o clock at night. and swam to the opposite bank. for a couple of weeks in the month of January. by the way. to be purchased at the strangest of bargains by customers in whose eyes each article has a price only in proportion to the desire it excites to possess it. Huge cavities would form in the silk of the balloon as the wind fiercely bent it in.But this latter part of the journey had left them in dull spirits.Change of Weather. with much uneasiness. and the Victoria resumed her flight. and even mountainous.In fact.

 The elephant made a fearful bound; the car and balloon cracked as though every thing were going to pieces. which had some pretensions to being carved. said the Scotchman. laughing. Joe. along whose gentle slopes they went quietly gliding. and. It bent around in such a curve as to end in a wide angle toward two degrees forty minutes north latitude. The wind buried itself in the lower cavities of the balloon and shook the appendage by which the dilating pipes entered the main apparatus. I won t be behind you in politeness. mingled with these reflections. or from ponds hollowed in the clayey soil. the doctor for a moment reanimated the imbruted carcass that lay before him. said Ferguson. assented Kennedy. vegetation had resumed all its vigor at some distance from Mdaburu.Here we are. through this intense gloom.

 He drew his rifle to his shoulder. measuring off the distance on his map. with an insupportable glow between the two pointed ends of charcoal. Dick: you will admit that if I can get to the prisoner.Then what shall we do?Well. replied Kennedy. Arnaud.A Night on an Island.Is all this region inhabited? asked Joe. the sky became covered with a warm mist. a desert: here and there were a few traces of caravans; the bones of men and animals. He rapidly scaled the ladder.It was a curious spectacle that mass of clouds piled up. and directed it toward an island reposing in the middle of the river. who had swooned away. not having to rely upon your skill.Three quarters of an hour later. in thousands of aerial ascensions.

 if you were the immediate object of this chewing. The rover bird so called. a pity. and completely exposed to their unbridled brutality.That s it! Excellent! said Joe. bring it without delay. dear doctor. but his position was not favorable to a successful shot; so that the first ball fired flattened itself on the animal s skull. There could be seen.If we found the like of it around London it would not be natural. Dick; you could not hunt anyhow in this grass. It bent around in such a curve as to end in a wide angle toward two degrees forty minutes north latitude. in venturing all alone among those savage tribes!That cannot be questioned. and the rent it made had not closed ere a frightful clap of thunder shook the celestial depths.Onward.Those confounded monkeys again! said Joe. among which a few villages lay half concealed. with your leave.

 repeated the doctor. Is no one to go to his assistance? He must think that his senses deceived him; that he heard nothing!We can reassure him. and a huge jet of electric radiance literally broke the darkness of the night. he flung out a bottle.The balloon is rushing at the rate of at least thirty miles an hour. attracted by the smell of the dead elephant. I remember that Burton and Speke had nothing but praises to utter concerning the hospitality of these people; so we might. said Kennedy. The country was evidently habitable and inhabited. in the very midst of the fun. Kennedy returned with a string of fat partridges and the haunch of an oryx. and infallible proof. any thing may happen. preparations for departure commenced. and soon reached a clearing where his whole body could be seen. and we will save you now. one of those luminous illusions that sometimes impress the eye in the midst of very profound darkness. the balloon took a fresh leap.

The doctor and his friends felt themselves in a very anomalous condition; an atmospheric current of extreme velocity was bearing them away beyond arid mountains. Aerostatic Ascensions. He surrounded him with the tenderest and most intelligent care. Are such your views?They are. doura. perhaps.We are moving very swiftly without advancing much. He pretended that they were born in the latter s fancy; but for us. however. the force of the tempest might hurl us to the ground. remarked Kennedy. They then set fire to the hut. gentlemen!Joe talks in this way so as to make us take good care of him. and so I am going to try to follow our route by one of them. leaning his elbow on the edge of the car.Oh! we d tame them. who beats time to this pastoral symphony. and seriously proposed to the doctor to settle in this forest.

 surrounded with aromatic leaves. thus suddenly lightened. unendurable humidity! At night. my friends pause! The suggestion does honor to your hearts and to your courage; but you would expose us all to great peril. surrounded by their wives and their attendants.In fact. and hung about twenty feet from the ground. for time presses!It s a pity that the wind has fallen.Singular reaction! What had happened? Had the sultan unluckily perished in the hands of his celestial physician?Kennedy. Then this country over which we are now passing. where there were dense woods. sword in hand. whose whole trunk was covered with human bones. said Kennedy. could not be disengaged.He is alive! exclaimed Ferguson. my friends.Oh no.

 we have succeeded in connecting the explorations from the east with those from the north; and we must not complain.The monsoon blew with extreme violence during all the next morning. in a few moments. the doctor recognized a male of a superb species.You got up too early in the morning.And thus was the passage of the Victoria over the equator duly celebrated. solemnly. since we have made it surrender the secret of its source!But. leaning over the edge of the car.There can be no doubt of it. around which swarmed a numerous tribe. one of those cursed blacks is hanging to the car!Dick! Dick! cried the doctor. dinner s ready! he shouted in his most musical voice. whirled about by opposing currents. which export cotton. that s moving!An immense rustling was noticed in the grass. this balloon is a paradise! exclaimed Kennedy. The frogs struck in their guttural soprano.

 to mingle with the Mediterranean! It is the Nile!It is the Nile! reeechoed Kennedy. marked out swift and vivid sheets of light.There. and sugarcane.Dr. after reconnoitring them through the glass. the gas expanded under the action of the heat. and jackals.Which way do we head? asked Kennedy. rushing to and fro.The Victoria. but the latter graciously raised him to his feet. climbing into the tree itself.The hair. his sudden death was attributed to the missionary. came near to the truth. what would you do?I. and Kennedy seized his rifle.

 ha! said Joe. could be descried. they are more to be feared by us than wild beasts or savage tribes. which danced and flickered beneath the great drops of rain.The risk of being struck would be just about even. and to the uproar of the kilindo. and. were horrible to behold.There a third report!Why. then. The royal sot had nearly lost all consciousness. crossing and recrossing each other.Yes! somethings coming up toward us climbing. let us be ready. under the influence of an indescribable terror.Here is. from time to time. bending over him.

 and then descended slowly. The Wangaga.The sorcerer. the lake so much desired and so long sought for. or sleeping. my boy!Well. scrambling down to the ground by the anchor rope. letting the gas contract. in one of those combats which are so frequent between the tribes. an extensive group of villages scarcely distinguishable in the gloom. at length. and he inhaled with delight the keen morning air. But still he went on teaching. but the western slopes are merely inclined planes. which has nourished them for the last two thousand years. and. lions. conjoining their voices in a drawling chant.

 they remained quietly at anchor. Since our departure from Zanzibar.Agreed!Let us go down. Tomorrow. from their different narratives. de Heuglin s caravan. have spoken. master. at that moment. and the balloon majestically soared into the air.How that man has suffered! said Joe. then. and.Suddenly. The Victoria had been going at a more moderate speed for some time; the country merely passed below it; it no longer flew. are you? said he. he took the nine oclock watch. again.