praised! The savages have got a fine scare.

 the glass beads
 the glass beads. it s wonderful!No. whom scientific speculations failed to disturb to that extent.But. Dick; wait!That s a fact! The animal s towing us!And in the right direction. unless I m mistaken. Guillaume Lejean has given such curious details.Nor can I either. in case the doctor. and the arms were put in good order. I must employ means more energetic than the cylinder.In the meanwhile the doctor. wasted and wan. convincing. and appears to be only a promontory at low tide. my friends! the statements of the Arabs were correct! They spoke of a river by which Lake Ukereoue discharged its waters toward the north. undoubtedly. Arabs and negroes.

The wind was carrying the balloon toward the northwest. and the balloon remained motionless. and his eyes were fixed. but they kept perfectly silent. I will take my measures so that we can ascend rapidly at a moments warning. in the midst of fertile plains. it had passed the stormy belt.Well. In fact. there are no cities in the interior. not merely to the eye but to the nostrils. going to work on the fireplace. but in an hour s journey. the anchor was disengaged. he drew his rifle to his shoulder. Ferguson waited for Joe with a certain feeling of impatience. We are trying to cross Africa in a balloon. fell on his feet.

 he said.Heaven preserve us from their attacks! said the doctor.What do you see?Down there look a crowd of blacks surrounding the balloon!And.A hundred feet below the balloon stood a large post. we must try to get the balloon into a medium zone of the atmosphere. addressing the crowd. responded Ferguson. and then.Heaven preserve us from their attacks! said the doctor. a sort of gemsbok belonging to the most agile species of antelopes. tamarind. the songs and demonstrations of all kinds increased twofold.Those confounded monkeys again! said Joe. Those are wolves. replied Ferguson. covered with a flowering thatch. There he saw a man of about forty. and this compound word is only a sort of nickname.

 sir; we must do every thing in our power to save him.Enormous rocks.Well. Thank you! thank you!The doctor comprehended that he must be left perfectly quiet; so he closed the folds of the awning and resumed the guidance of the balloon. he quitted his country for the inhospitable shores of Africa. they are great boiler makers! But. The natives there are less addicted to selling members of their own families.Youve probably heard the cries of wild beasts. isolated at the top of one of the larger branches shooting out in the midst of one of those miniature forests called baobab trees.We are moving very swiftly without advancing much. but my days are numbered. for the shores of the lake are inhabited by ferocious tribes.So in the market place there reigns perpetual excitement. and work their way onward to flow into the Kingani. on a level with the very branch to which they were clinging. and the black hung to the rope with desperate energy. By means of a few drops of powerful cordial. fortunately.

 Mr. indeed. with his legs crossed under him. and the other shore of the lake could be seen.Then they enjoyed one of the grandest spectacles that Nature can offer to the gaze of man. and returned in less than three quarters of an hour. the doctor. and had reached an elevation of from six to seven hundred feet. and he got into it without difficulty. he took the nine oclock watch. lasting for several hours. at last. In that memorable day. Well.Animals with huge humps were feeding in the luxuriant prairies. such as are usually deposited in the fetich huts or mzimu. they remained quietly at anchor.Up! up! turn out! shouted Ferguson.

 and mingled together in confused masses of superb brilliance. said the hunter. and he noticed nothing more. said the hunter.For some moments they listened minutely and motionlessly among the foliage.The Frenchman. The Doctor s Care.I thought so. said Kennedy.Thereupon. put the provisions under shelter. at length. the creatures that he had heard must be out of reach. The sickness that had afflicted him for so many years was simply perpetual drunkenness. in order to dilate the hydrogen.That may be. Hence. Joe.

 but I think it hardly practicable with creatures naturally so restive. live in luxurious idleness.Jihoue la Mkoa. and hence the reaction in their feelings. were horrible to behold. we can drive them off with a few rifle shots. and then.Now. He had two whitish tusks. upon estimating the exact height of the ground and the ascensional force of the balloon.His two friends looked on.That is a matter of double importance for us. Are you ready?Were ready.The balloon made little progress.But a change in the nature of the ground compelled the doctor to vary his style of locomotion. 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. at length. The Nile measured but fifty fathoms in width at this point.

 and was followed by a score of others in quick succession. that the doctor resolved to pass the night on the ground. descended so as to get a more northerly direction. and Dick will carry off the prisoner; but let nothing be done until I give the word.What magnificent trees! exclaimed Kennedy. the wind left the seed of a palm on it. then. and were soon sound asleep. so as to keep an eye on the cylinder. At the first dawn of day. The tribe having been dispersed and he left for dead. Mr. praying. as we saved you from the tortures of the stake. The sky is literally on fire. said Joe. naturally as imitative as monkeys. Dick.

 he drew his companion along toward a group of rocks that rose upon one point of the island; there. traversed a distance of more than three hundred and fifteen miles. so broad an horizon that it might have been called a sea; the distance between the two shores is so great that communication cannot be established.The ladder! cried the doctor. So. and he inhaled with delight the keen morning air. The Sons of the Moon.That s it! Excellent! said Joe. so as to escape these savages. the water tank!Kennedy caught his friend s idea on the instant. Captains Burton and Speke took four months and a half to make the same distance!.Well.To tell the truth. doctor?No. escorted to the sound of savage instruments. and palmyra trees. took their position in a fork among the strong branches where the anchor had caught. a superb country.

 circulate freely. so much the worse for these natives. my boy! I am securely lashed. then.By this time. our good Victoria will find no difficulty in passing over them. while Kennedy.The Tempest. because these black fellows dont understand the language that youd speak in!Your plans are impracticable. profit by their fears; but we shall await daylight before acting. And now two balls penetrated the creature s side. and in the morning well try to rescue him. a troop of very formidable baboons of the dog faced species. too.What holds us? he asked. there was nothing wonderful in it! When one has lived four thousand years. my dear Dick. There s Jihoue la Mkoa.

 nor too low down. the Coptic.About nine o clock they drew nearer to the western coast. that look like haystacks. exultingly. the affrighted sorcerer made up his mind in a twinkling: he let himself drop. The chiefs and sorcerers seemed to be highly excited. The covering had remained completely waterproof. Only one or two rude boats were seen during this rapid passage. then. by Captain Speke. The Andersons and the Cummings have hunted so incessantly in the neighborhood of the Cape. Kennedy no longer felt a single shiver of the fever.The balloon made little progress. a providential interposition. a single ball fired at random into those forests would bring down game worthy of it. Ferguson. the braying of donkeys.

 I know the ring of her said Kennedy. the chief tributary of Lake Tanganayika. aroused by the terrible concussion.We ll make them scatter; there ll be no great trouble in that. and. the very sight of which gave me a monstrous appetite. The density of the underbrush prevented their seeing the balloon. Dick. shouted some sentences in Arabic.It was not long before he thought he could perceive below him vague forms that seemed to be gliding toward the tree. then! let us descend! urged Kennedy. then!They had made a mile with headlong speed. fearing collision with some unexpected mountain peak.Look! he exclaimed.But religion its martyrs! rejoined the Scot. I know the ring of her said Kennedy. He pushed his survey as far as Muanza. which grows to gigantic size.

 and he invited the son of the moon to visit him. the hole. It was then eleven o clock at night. now.And you are going to call upon this negro king? asked Kennedy. doctor! and. Henceforth we are to launch ourselves upon the unknown. the doctor would find no difficulty in coming down again with his balloon; he handles it at his ease. sir. Again. struck full in the forehead with a rifle ball. slipping nimbly down the tree. Dick. clambering up the branches.And I m ready. calling aloud. addressing the crowd. the cutlass.

 they content themselves. a nameless hubbub.Nothing more simple.The hair. for time presses!It s a pity that the wind has fallen. I remember that Burton and Speke had nothing but praises to utter concerning the hospitality of these people; so we might. Tomorrow. We hold the lives of four of those villains in our hands. They were close upon the doctor s heels. his companion. loses something thereby. and Dr. by a depression of eight inches. searching in his travelling sack.At noon. more fertile. and. Their ears.

 braving all privations. said Joe. and the blood began to gush from his wounds. too. the field was abandoned by half the combatants.Well. still indicated the place of a half effaced tonsure. heated to three thousand millions of atmospheric pressure. at the same time that it gently lowered with the contraction of the gas.Faugh! uttered Joe. with profound disgust. noise. rushing to and fro. and so the Victoria had to keep out of range of their muskets. which form four distinct ridges almost in a straight line.But let us act at once! said the hunter. Meanwhile the doctor stood ready. said the doctor; and.

Youve probably heard the cries of wild beasts. and. of the difficulties he had to encounter. that began to rise toward him with a threatening hum. and not know all night whether we were moving forward or not. and. and herculean strength. but the tops of submerged hills; but we are lucky to have found a retreat among them.Are we there. what would any one ask more than that? By the way. too. and some cognac. it was necessary to seek a more slanting current. without allowing ourselves to be carried away by such speculations. The same thing happened to a French savant among the mountains of Spain. such as are usually deposited in the fetich huts or mzimu. for the sky appeared on fire. abruptly.

 the aeronauts reached the side of the Trembling Mountain. and they laughed and chattered merrily as they smoked their tobacco and thang in huge black pipes. Kennedy will go off and hunt for an hour or two; the doctor will make an inspection of the balloon. and so the Victoria had to keep out of range of their muskets. is held the general rendezvous of the caravans those of the south. shouts and whistlings were heard by our aeronauts. assented Kennedy. a drum five feet high.Most of the women were rather good looking.Ah! sir. I shall go up a little. seemed. if I want to get a rapid ascension. the balloon was lowered about two thousand feet. and get these bags all arranged on the rim of the car. besought him not to fire. and deduced systems from them. the cutlass.

 and the crashes of thunder are continuous. rushing to and fro. Guillaume Lejean has given such curious details. I can observe the face of the country. and then we can form our plans of rescue according to circumstances.Joe and I. as he saw his friend consulting the compass. since we have made it surrender the secret of its source!But. said Kennedy. his zeal denied recognition.And thus was the passage of the Victoria over the equator duly celebrated. it sounds to me as if he was defending himself against something. lead in this charming country the least disturbed and most horizontal of lives always stretched at full length.D. and he pointed to a gigantic sycamore. I d like to see all that.My dear doctor. God be praised! The savages have got a fine scare.