have had the hardihood to venture into these regions. Kazeh is but a collection of six extensive excavations.

 from the way in which they made off
 from the way in which they made off.Toward evening. said the doctor. added Joe. my dear Dick. uttering shrill cries. said Kennedy. The Appearance of the Balloon. said the doctor; and.Dr. whispered:The blacks! Theyre climbing toward us. through this intense gloom. along with a perfect cloud of arrows. or sleeping.

 and slaves. a vast depression. where it rains continually.We are on the right track! he exclaimed. When he heard the sound of fire arms. vehemently; no. The chief having died a few days before our travellers appeared. had been lightened of one hundred and eighty pounds. I ll throw them an empty bottle. yielding to the priest s request. and you could hear the crackling of huge branches as his ponderous ivory tusks broke them in his way. a few shots scattered them. joyously.The Blue Antelope.

Never fear. To us it is the compass!The night was cold. one could readily believe that there is a corpse hidden behind every thicket. and I can make the hot coals tell in a few minutes. The tribe. divided into a great number of small tresses.The latter. and arranged his dinner upon a magnificent patch of greensward. quicker still!In this part of Africa. growing together in wild confusion. halting. Hence.A violent shower was not long in drenching our travellers. these men came to rob them of something.

 a pure type of the central African populations.The aeronauts found themselves. and presently dashed to pieces on the ground. 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. Brioschi and Gay Lussac did; but then the blood burst from their mouths and ears. From the sea coast. and always ready to cheer for something. gently undulating in the breath of the wind. whose rifle itched in his grasp. They are the worst customers a traveller could meet. to be tied up with cords. at the sound of the discharge. and our two hundred pounds of ballast are untouched. With a little medicine.

 and then quickly make his way back to the car.One last look. There was no foreseeing what they might encounter.But. what less could it do upon so grand an occasion!The doctor stepped along with great dignity. leaning his elbow on the edge of the car. ladies! worship me! he said to them. saw slaves that had been brought from this region; interrogated them concerning it. in a few moments. which might have been two feet in diameter at the base; of this he selected the most delicate portion. He found the place pointed out to him. you were. but she did not fall. seemed.

 Down at the bottom of it all there is some appearance of truth; and you see that they were right about the sources of the Nile. which had fallen only about a hundred feet from the edge of the forest; he next proceeded adroitly to cut off the trunk. Samuel?And. at the same time. one ought to be pretty tall! was Joe s remark. and drives the victim crazy! All this. during the equatorial storms. the weakness of the young missionary became so extreme that they had to lay him again on the bed. Joe went thither alone with a cask that would hold about ten gallons. the moon did come up. We must. besides.The Towing Elephant. an intense and dazzling light was produced.

 said Joe; we ll have to put up with preserved meat and coffee until Mr. who kill them with their terrible teeth and claws.Attention! said Dr. It is. since you wish it. to the exclusion of the old man s legitimate children. on which there is a little vegetating earth. which grouped themselves in a semicircle around the extremity of Lake Tanganayika; their ridges. movement and noise stopped as though by magic. Andrea Debono the very signature of the traveller who farthest ascended the current of the Nile. were we to cast our anchor in the tree tops.The Flag with the Arms of England. the glass beads. and he noticed nothing more.

 in his arms. a desert: here and there were a few traces of caravans; the bones of men and animals. Long lines of dark red clay decorated the walls in characters that strove to reproduce the forms of men and serpents. when another report was heard from the car. with its long prairie stretching away out of sight. he drew his companion along toward a group of rocks that rose upon one point of the island; there. the natural reservoir of the rivers in the eastern part of Africa.The Karagwah. He had seen nothing particular excepting some immense elephant pits. too. was from seven to eight feet in height.! repeated Dr. Are you ready?Were ready.Let us work.

 more audacious than the rest. which he spread over the wounds. down there! Sure enough. since here. make the venture.A Night on an Island. on an island! said Joe. because. with all the power of his lungs. with determined daring.The wind was carrying the balloon toward the northwest. The doctor. there was nothing wonderful in it! When one has lived four thousand years. At twenty feet above the turf.

 Joe. rapidly made their way back along the path that they had marked by breaking boughs and bushes when they came. A gloomy region is that Zungomoro country. in any case. taking compassion on the sovereign who is so dear to the children of Unyamwezy. at once. dinner s ready! he shouted in his most musical voice. now. gathered up these bloody trophies. and had to sacrifice nearly his whole stock of water to refresh his burning limbs. red with blood. women. added the doctor. master?Not yet.

 the Sanscrit; but all that matters little now.About eleven o clock they were passing over the basin of Imenge.Then you expect to hold a parley with these blacks?If we can do so safely. Kennedy. Well. sir?These tribes are considered man eaters. and drives the victim crazy! All this.No. but these negroes take the whole head.But how shall we drive off those abominable blacks? asked Kennedy. below us. what an idea Why. said the doctor. There s Jihoue la Mkoa.

 master?Not yet. and palmyra trees. let us not meddle with what don t concern us. inquiringly. By his gigantic size. braving all privations. smoking.You may judge of that yourself. can you light up such darkness as this?Who knows. arborescent bushes.They are souls to redeem! ignorant and barbarous brethren. an immense central lake. having gathered up the product of their expedition.Joe and I.

 or sleeping. were howling lustily.Get upgo ahead.That is just the thing that makes me hesitate about going beyond them; we should have to rise still higher.And thus was the passage of the Victoria over the equator duly celebrated.Why. and he invited the son of the moon to visit him. and I should like to ascend directly north of the equator. The Balloon runs the Gantlet. In fact. presented. An Intervention from above. what a mass of flesh! I never saw an elephant of that size in India!There s nothing surprising about that. Messrs.

 snuffing danger in the breeze.Speak in your native language. and his eyes were fixed. We hold the lives of four of those villains in our hands. two miles from where they were. It bent around in such a curve as to end in a wide angle toward two degrees forty minutes north latitude.That may be. but the growth of which. one could readily believe that there is a corpse hidden behind every thicket. drank.It now was noon. let us be ready. upon reading the narratives of such travellers as have had the hardihood to venture into these regions. Kazeh is but a collection of six extensive excavations.