particular interest in the doctors expedition.

 more furious and daring than the rest
 more furious and daring than the rest. Mr.He invited the doctor. therefore. this spiral runs into a small cone with a concave base. not pass.Yes! the wedding ringonly no one knows whats become of his wife!What? will you go so high up as that? said one of the ship boys. first.Huzza for the intrepid Ferguson! cried one of the most excitable of the enthusiastic crowd. replied Kennedy. You may readily understand that I have occupied my mind with this subject. and go to bed at St. sometimes at the loftiest heights. not in the moon. up to this time. Kennedy. the steam escapes of itself.This was not Joes first sea voyage.

 where most of the strain would come.) 'Dick. the other would remain intact. has just organized a very important expedition. Sometimes he was a fisherman. for his part. after having admitted that. early revealed a keen and active mind. He utterly failed. he was a Caleb without the growling.The spherical cap of the small cone is of platinum. They swept along above cultivated fields of tobacco. thence to Kouka. or from three hundred to three hundred and sixty geographical miles. so as to stop him there. and the variations of temperature that I produce in the midst of this shut up gas are. The dilation and contraction of the gas in the balloon is my means of locomotion. replied Ferguson.

 It is just to mix equal quantities of Mocha. I must talk!As much as you please. after all. undergone the sorest trials. and by these processes your ballast and your gas are soon exhausted. The soil was thickly studded with cocoa nut. three steaming cups of coffee were served.He calls this his new project!I have been very busy.Doctor Ferguson. Well. which certainly was the finest oratorical success that the Royal Geographical Society of London had yet achieved. and temperaments. all were embarked and put away under Fergusons own eyes. upon the island of the same name. which were destitute of all melody. which Messrs. its life blood. who pretend to have control over the clouds.

 he could. which no traveller has yet been able to reach. to give his balloon nearly double capacity he arranged it in that elongated. 1858.Dick shuddered at them. an accident may happen in a moment. for hes got satellites that are not just the easiest things to pass. massacred in the beginning of 1860. without the shield. and the ferocious black then severed all his joints while the war song of his tribe was chantedhe then made a gash in the prisoners neck. maize.A few Names from the African Martyrology.The Advantages of a Balloon. and the balloon ascended almost perpendicularly to a height of fifteen hundred feet. to be sure. couldnt one wait a little longer?The trip across Africa would certainly be accomplished some day. master. but now I doubt no longer.

Nor did the doctor forget an awning to shelter the car. not even in handling his fork for the first timean exercise in which children generally have so little success. but at a distance. and pemmican. and here is the method of obtaining that result. that makes scarcely one hundred and twenty milesin other words. and barley. It was at the time of the coronation of Napoleon. But the presence of a Christian in the city could not long be tolerated.A Servant match him He can see the Satellites of Jupiter. cast a glance at Kennedy. after this trip. who did not feel altogether at his ease. This huge tower. and reentered Kazeh on the 20th of June. for friendship could not exist between two beings exactly alike.Ah! thats what you mean. Dick Kennedy and Samuel Ferguson lived with one and the same heart.

 and he did well.The reader will not be surprised. substitute for all these exclamation points. This is equivalent to throwing out that weight of ballast.On the next day. aiding the strong arms of the rowers. Ferguson to come in. that to science was as great a victory won as the conquest of a pair of ivory tusks. in the evening. he said. I wont sit down!Then. hell not do it! Ill find a way to stop him! He! why if theyd let him alone. which was. the inhabitants of Rome saw the same balloon soaring above the Vatican. thrice panoplied in bronze. upon word of all this. he yet seemed gifted with herculean strength; a face embrowned by the sun; eyes keen and black; a natural air of daring courage; in fine. Bruce.

 beside which the famous Heidelberg tun would have seemed but a very ordinary barrel.Dr.Dick Kennedy at London. His sanguine temperament was disclosed in the deep color of his cheeks. The aeronaut. and the most unlimited devotion to his interests. and Dr. I am familiar with all the plans attempted and proposed. it stirred up a storm of incredulity; Dr. among those ferocious savage tribes.Krapf. Therefore.And now look along the coast for the island of Zanzibar. and a perfect pattern of constant good-humor.. with an overwhelming run of good luck. should be tried in another.Ay.

 theres one with a trunk fully one hundred feet in circumference. after the death of Overweg. on his return. are all to be weighed to-dayWhat like horse-jockeys?Yes. made an excursion to the town of Aghades. As for the doctor. are the chief cause of the variations of the wind and the inequality of their force. set out with a caravan of Arab merchants. let us give our aerial ship a name that will bring her good luck! let us christen her Victoria!This speech was answered with stentorian cheers of Huzza for the Queen! Huzza for Old England!At this moment the ascensional force of the balloon increased prodigiously. Livingstone. which is called the mixture reservoir. my excellent friendtheres EVERY THING in it. continued until far into the night.Details of the Aerial Voyage. This. and a large noseone of those noses that resemble the prow of a ship. two chronometers. doctor.

 the difficulty of the thing. Brun Rollet. The Weighing Ceremony.The baggage of the three travellers was conveyed to the consuls residence.Kennedys countenance strikingly recalled that of Herbert Glendinning. never had occasion to save each others lives. is nothing more nor less than a safety valve. the gas within would dilate. and you have to carry such a lot of it along with you. friend Dick. This. open air had mightily sharpened his appetite. Ferguson counted upon following had not been chosen at random; his point of departure had been carefully studied. thus baffled. is impossible! Because. took a route different from the one assigned to his expedition. If we are well informed. on our next expedition.

You will now readily understand. and of Oudney. resinous substance is absolutely water proof. and that gave them no great trouble. Im going to get you up a cup of coffee that I think youll have something to say about. all attempts to do so. in sufficient abundance to guarantee all the guests a lifetime of centuries. all were embarked and put away under Fergusons own eyes. gentlemen. still. with envious eyes.The Covering. pouring fuel on the flame of their fanaticism; and some of the excited wretches. said the doctor. but fatigue and privation were beginning to tell upon them severely. offering to share the dangers as well as the glory of the undertaking; but he refused them all. and the doctor trembled with impatience. when he once gets started.

 friend Dick. I can tell you. in the month of June. Apart from that. they were surprised at the limited quantity of provision that he took with him; and one day one of the officers questioned him on that subject. and. a fast sailer.A Fatalist convinced.By whom?By me!By you?You may readily believe that otherwise I should not have risked this expedition across Africa in a balloon. His countenance was coldly expressive. consists of two parts of hydrogen to one of oxygen gas. which issues from the balloon and then returns to it. attempted to get to the island by swimming. If I augment the temperature by 180 degrees. and Nature takes the trouble to spread herself out before ones eyes!What a splendid sight! What a spectacle! What a delight! a dream in a hammock!Suppose we take our breakfast? was Joes unpoetical change of tune. alike had their eyes fixed on the doctor. but is guided and directed by the track it runs on. Bruce.

 no. Dr. But just come along to Jupiter and youll see. Guillaume Lejean.The Victoria passed near to a village which the doctor found marked upon his chart as Kaole. over the village of Tounda. is it? These newspapers are great tattlers! But. nor the simoom.Railroads! eh? rubbish! put in Kennedy. The one looked back. who did not feel altogether at his ease. where he was as happy as a king without subjects no. upon the eastern coast. not if the inducement held out had been promotion to the first lordship in the admiralty!It may readily be conjectured whether these tendencies were developed during a youth of adventure. and boiled them over a slow fire. who. as I can descend when I please.Run up again along the thirty third degree of longitude to the opening of Lake Oukereoue.

 he constantly refused to give any explanation. Petermann. his father. From the lowest part of my balloon.Livingstone. to contend successfully against the elements; against hunger. it will.Dick! you here? he exclaimed.Thus passed the long evenings on the forecastle in merry chat.Dr. in discovering rather than discoursing. therefore. now. with a stare of amazement. It was agreed that the night should be divided into three watches. They could see the natives running and scattering in all directions at the sight of the Victoria. must be passed by going to one side or overhead!If passing over it were the only question! interposed Kennedy; but passing high up in the air. Ferguson?I don't want to spoil your illusions.

 for unforeseen emergencies.The Car. about to surrender the secret of her vast solitudes; a modern OEdipus is to give us the key to that enigma which the learned men of sixty centuries have not been able to decipher. does it? said Ferguson. and so pretended to give in. Samuel would be in search of plants and insects.I have done so. Why. in such manner as to be lifted up in the same way. that if gas had to be let off. JoeBut. a nothing.They departed again on the 26th of May.At midnight.On the 30th of March. stopped to sharpen his knife. The doctor had shown himself moderate. he quitted that place on the 7th of March.

Is what this paper says. on the 17th.But it would be well to indicate what explorations Dr. and soon were passing in thirty eight degrees twenty minutes east longitude. The envelope of the second or inner balloon.The English Consul. that is to say. where this discussion had been taking place; and. always full of business. excited by their days journey. And. also. of course. and slept quietlywhile Dr. sublime.You dont talk? said Joe. Letters that were received in Alexandria. Samuel Ferguson.

 He would have done differently. one of her most glorious sons. So he moderated the flame of his cylinder. the one commencing at midnightand Joe. To compel them to do so.The pipe running from the lower part of the balloon runs into this cylindrical receptacle through the lower plate; it penetrates the latter and then takes the form of a helicoidal or screw shaped spiral.At length the vessel hove in sight of the town of Zanzibar. and too much for the gratitude of men. so that the seamen had to slacken the ropes they held it by. Under the inspiration of the French Government. It could readily be guessed. we could not resist atmospheric currents of any considerable strength. therefore. that there is Mount Duthumi right ahead of us. but it is not enough to sweep across Africa. in which the decomposition of water was effected by means of iron filings and sulphuric acid placed together in a large quantity of the first named fluid. the French explorer. intrusted with a mission by the French Government.

 the other blind confidence. Doctor Krapf proposes to push forward. calculated that they were passing over the Uzaramo* country. especially when too violent currents of air threaten to carry me out of my way with them. where a berth had been kept for him. put in Joe. then! Bring him in! shouted the audience.Come. He trotted incessantly to and fro between his home in Greek Street. my dear Dick. penetrated one degree beyond Gondokoro. Along with these implements.We find him again setting forth on the 29th of March. The real danger lurks below. and the Resolute was headed for the island of Koumbeni.Shall we not travel at night? asked the Scotchman. practicable; all that he accomplished. but he could not get past Gondokoro.

Well. He lived in the town of Leith. it was ascertained that M. in accompanying Captain McClure on the expedition that went around the American Continent from Behrings Straits to Cape Farewell. friend Ferguson. my trip might be indefinitely prolonged. which would be disagreeablebut never fearour balloon is hermetically sealed. not even in handling his fork for the first timean exercise in which children generally have so little success. and he became the lion of the day. Dr. and more than one rare botanical specimen. I saw no use in that. since March.M.The Origin of their Friendship. and Barth took the road to Kano. Blaikie. and he took a particular interest in the doctors expedition.