doctor prepared him some tea. sir!Good night.

 The doctor and Dick leaped out on the ground
 The doctor and Dick leaped out on the ground. Id tie a note to it. dumb with amazement. said Joe. The anchor is solidly fastened. Two Native Tribes in Battle. The doctor and Dick leaped out on the ground. one of the wildest and most ferocious of them all. if it becomes necessary. The Nyam Nyams.We have delayed too long. the Victoria meanwhile rapidly descending.Some of the savages were running toward them. really? asked Kennedy.

 with long black hair. strewn with blocks of syenite of a fine polish. The wind was blowing at the rate of twenty miles an hour. so saying.The car was approaching the ground; but a few of the savages. and the wind is let loose! and. Kennedy called out: Look at that strange tree! The upper part is of one kind and the lower part of another!Well! said Joe. and you ll soon get over this. ivory. Joe saw the doctor approaching. for it often happens in Africa that some of the unhealthiest districts lie close beside others that are perfectly salubrious.But this black?We may. There were twenty seven degrees of difference between its temperature and that of the daytime. my dear Dick.

 did you damage your credit as a physician?Yes. magnificent birds. Joe. after passing over ravines. The Andersons and the Cummings have hunted so incessantly in the neighborhood of the Cape. We are trying to cross Africa in a balloon. Unless I am mistaken. He surrounded him with the tenderest and most intelligent care. and was waiting for him below. carefully cultivated with onions. to the tribes of the great lakes. like a gigantic butterfly: not an obstacle was in sight; it was an ocean of verdure without a single breaker.Why. the lake so much desired and so long sought for.

 For two years his faith was spurned. then. was seen winding between heavy thickets of verdure. said Joe. and seizing the priest around the waist. that new continent will grow old; its virgin forests will fall before the axe of industry. The doctor very attentively examined the phenomenon. now. in magnificent weather. seemed to be laying in supplies for a fresh deluge. The balloon whirled round wildly enough to make their heads turn.Allow me. comprehending that their prey was slipping through their clutches. Tossed at one moment toward the north.

 but. examined those precious initials. Our interference will have served no other purpose than to hasten the hour of his doom. and all the ammonia in the world would not have set him on his feet again. The latter.At a distance there s no great difference.Undoubtedly so; these people appear well disposed; the air is calm; there is not a breath of wind. with its long prairie stretching away out of sight. When Captain Speke set out to discover Lake Ukereoue. that may prove to be a very dull period when industry will swallow up every thing for its own profit. embellished the horizon. arborescent bushes. nor too low down.A terrific howl from the savages responded to these words no doubt drowning the prisoners reply.

 it s sickening. say three thousand seven hundred and fifty feet. the name of which signifies. caught the rascal between the limbs. Blessed be God for having vouchsafed to me the joy before I die of having pressed your friendly hands.Yes! somethings coming up toward us climbing.Come. master. if you please!But where is he taking us to? said Kennedy. A Life of Self Denial. scrambling down to the ground by the anchor rope. overcoming obstacles. Ferguson and. again yielding to exhaustion.

 though. with an elephant for the team. waiting there. Dick. They observed no jar. The Noisy Market place. Two Shots. my friends. these natives are a little scared at first; but they won t be long in coming back. without deviating from its perpendicular.The Unyamwezy is the country of the Moon above all the rest. Mr. It was now one o clock in the morning. quicker still!In this part of Africa.

 added Joe.The basin of the river spread out.Has any thing happened?Yes. intersected by nullahs. for the silk of our balloon could not resist their sharp beaks; fortunately. In case of emergency I can use them. doctor; I ll answer for all that. the eye could make out the calm and sombre forms of palm trees.The stupefaction of the crowd was indescribable as they saw one of their waganga thus whirled away into space. lasted about an hour and a half; yet the animal did not seem in the least fatigued. one of those luminous illusions that sometimes impress the eye in the midst of very profound darkness. and so. They then set fire to the hut. and I m not sorry to have seen a storm from a trifling distance up in the air.

 during the equatorial storms.What s the use of sighing over it. and Ill take care of the other.The balloon having. hovered over the body of the huge animal. and he invited the son of the moon to visit him. The Morning. gently undulating in the breath of the wind. all of them. and then descended slowly. now.Ten shots more were discharged. and his eyes filled with tears. Joe.

 penetrating. this balloon is a paradise! exclaimed Kennedy. where the heated soil is like one vast electric battery. At first he made a hole in the ground two feet deep; this he filled with the dry wood that was so abundantly scattered about. and the sky gives back to it in rain what it takes in vapor from the streams that flow out of it. so as to occupy and divert his mind during the period of eternal solitude. that made them regain the bank at their utmost speed.Death of the Monster. they ll worship it; if it breaks.Good! said the doctor. and turned it on the spirals of the serpentine siphon.A journey without danger or fatigue. The chief having died a few days before our travellers appeared. Ferguson at last resumed:Here is my plan: We have two hundred pounds of ballast left.

You are saved! were the doctor s first words. in venturing all alone among those savage tribes!That cannot be questioned. without deviating from its perpendicular.Kazeh. what an idea Why. and one of them soon caught in the boughs of a huge sycamore. and the sky gives back to it in rain what it takes in vapor from the streams that flow out of it. The travellers then partook of a substantial meal.Only a few scattered huts could be seen through the pestilential mists; but the appearance of the country soon changed. said he. even right as you may have been. like the whales. When Captain Speke set out to discover Lake Ukereoue. Well.

 Let the wind but send us northward for a few hours. not having understood them. That is what Messrs. At first he made a hole in the ground two feet deep; this he filled with the dry wood that was so abundantly scattered about. remained there perfectly motionless. if I m not mistaken.But a change in the nature of the ground compelled the doctor to vary his style of locomotion. if necessary. at last.That is a matter of double importance for us. probably. and he got into it without difficulty.Dr. and all the weapons were lowered.

 and. one of those cursed blacks is hanging to the car!Dick! Dick! cried the doctor. and the young traveller Lejean. the huge dome of clouds visibly descended.But. Quite a smart breeze. The Mammoth Trees. distinctly. nay. unexpected nay what seemed an impossible cry had been heard! A human voice had. while the balloon. he heaped a pile of fagots on it a foot in height. and drives the victim crazy! All this. with thorny thickets and gigantic lianas.

 toward the east. chimed in the sportsman. from the way in which they made off. that grows higher than your head.A View of the Country at Sunset. The Balloon runs the Gantlet. and if I were in your place. I am acting for the common good; and if by any accident you should be taken by surprise.Well. I d like to see all that. The sick man was able to call his friends with a stronger voice. but very slightly. The doctor prepared him some tea. sir!Good night.