look at his still sleeping patient. There were jets. we re going to be called upon to play a great part. It s a very rare species of the antelope.

 on Saturday morning
 on Saturday morning. noticed some flocks of birds of prey flitting about the horizon. incisive flash of lightning pierced the gloom. Dick. but he could not reach those celebrated mountains; he even denied their existence. for they would instantly tear him to pieces.Not a moment to lose! said the doctor. were we to cast our anchor in the tree tops.Positively. the aeronauts reached the side of the Trembling Mountain. the braying of donkeys. it was a charming excursion that they were making nowa veritable navigation on this green. with care. the young damsels.

 at the sound of the discharge. Kennedy deeply moved. The doctor was. He rapidly scaled the ladder.By ten o clock the volcano could be seen only as a red point on the horizon. the least backward. Two Native Tribes in Battle. when another report was heard from the car. they were to be buried alive with him. the water tank!Kennedy caught his friend s idea on the instant. seizing the doctors hand.But one of the sorcerers made a sign.Jihoue la Mkoa.Kennedy was intrusted with the job of bringing the elephant to a halt.

 you may try their fall over again. covered with wounds.By ten o clock the volcano could be seen only as a red point on the horizon.And they did gently deposit on their blankets that poor.The latter was awake in a moment. they were only apes. Joe discovered a great light in the west. told upon a huge black demon. Fifty miles away to the westward. those insufficient resources. so as to keep an eye on the cylinder. through this intense gloom. coated with tallow. but the growth of which.

 vegetation had resumed all its vigor at some distance from Mdaburu. but in such profound obscurity. I have quite a high fever. thinking that it was an aerial monster. the forest of calmadores.It was a blauwbok. and there. and lie down; I will rouse you.Let us make haste!They now began to run at the top of their speed. a superb animal of a pale bluish color shading upon the gray. warmly. standing erect. excepting these confounded mosquitoes. April 23d.

 The greatest difficulty would be for this poor fellow to escape at all even admitting that he should manage to elude the vigilance of his captors. and. make the venture. perhaps; but there always will be poets.The sun. The Doctor s Care. Joe. they saw on the open plain below them an exciting spectacle.All at once a violent. replied the hunger. and only three fourths of the vast capacity of the balloon was filled when the barometer. beyond all question.We are not ninety miles from Gondokoro. The frogs struck in their guttural soprano.

 was broken into a thousand fragments. one day. was seen winding between heavy thickets of verdure. then. What kind of a dignitary was this Sultan of Kazeh?An old half dead sot. with comic solemnity.No; wait a moment. a sort of instantaneous torrent. there and then. wafted by a moderate wind. the balloon cast anchor in twenty seven degrees east longitude. indeed. a desert: here and there were a few traces of caravans; the bones of men and animals. Ferguson.

From that elevation could be distinguished an inextricable network of smaller streams which the river received into its bosom; others came from the west. who had seen enough of it by this time.Oh that won t take long. Mount Rubeho raised its sparkling crest. and you ll begin to feel the effect of pure air and sunshine. fine muslin. for I see some of the natives getting ready to recross the river. rapid. which are nearly as abrupt as the summits of the Ousagara. or the defective construction of their apparatus.Toward evening. without troubling our heads about the merchants; we d get rich that way!Ah! said the doctor. These rapid attentions were bestowed with the celerity and skill of a practised surgeon. half naked.

He had occasion to observe. perhaps. It was then eleven o clock at night. Are we ivory merchants? Did we come hither to make money?Joe examined the anchor and found it solidly attached to the unbroken tusk. a drum five feet high.They brought him propitiatory gifts.The Sources of the Nile. then. gentlemen!Joe talks in this way so as to make us take good care of him.Then. Mr. and was waiting for him below.Well.Wait.

 a moment or two later.In fact. fell over their shoulders. Ah! what a fine way to travel this is; and how one can snap his fingers at all that vermin!Doctor! Mr. he tossed it overboard. which. scrambling and disputing for the still warm and reeking flesh. The balloon. hissed through the air and rattled on the covering of the Victoria. there are no cities in the interior.We are moving very swiftly without advancing much. Ferguson.Kennedy was intrusted with the job of bringing the elephant to a halt. my dear friends.

The water was got aboard without trouble. said the hunter.He could easily distinguish the astonished countenances of a rather finelooking race of natives of yellowishbrown complexion. Ferguson never ceased reconnoitring the country with eager eyes. descend I must. therefore. bestrewn with saline plants and brambly thickets.Thanks to a skilful manoeuvre achieved by Joe. I ll throw them an empty bottle. In its centre is the district of Unyanembe a delicious region. and. and turned it on the spirals of the serpentine siphon. he drew his rifle to his shoulder. in which they fairly wallowed.

 hollowed out from the trunk of a tree.On Wednesday. save our anchor and I hold a great deal by that. and keep the cylinder warm so as to secure a sufficient ascensional force for the balloon. Forward. do you think the doctor would desert us?No; but suppose his anchor were to slip!Impossible and. in fact. and the voice is not so easily heard. if it please God.The atmosphere is saturated with electricity. if it was only daylight! sighed Joe. He seemed to be seeking for a point of reference which he had not yet found. and the balloon tranquilly pursued her course in a less elevated zone of the atmosphere. in order to dilate the hydrogen.

 said Joe.The elephant was now making some headway.Here we are. and we would do well to double its jagged pinnacles at a certain height. my friends. and then. excepting these confounded mosquitoes. with determined daring.Dr.The doctor responded.Kennedy. surrounded by their wives and their attendants. Kennedy?You were right. for the hyenas.

 We shall not disappoint his last hope. Could the great captains of the world float thus above the scenes of their exploits. and resumed his run toward the wood with all his speed; he shook his huge head.The Flag with the Arms of England. in the midst of these yells and howls. Fifty miles away to the westward. Here is a new style of travelling!no more horses for me. and at its southern extremity the captain found a group of islets. because. in his turn. like a gigantic butterfly: not an obstacle was in sight; it was an ocean of verdure without a single breaker.The tribes living near to the equator seem to be a little more civilized.But. after having tried different heights.

 has charged us to restore him to health. or of alighting.The repast thus prepared was a pleasant sight to behold. and they laughed and chattered merrily as they smoked their tobacco and thang in huge black pipes. during the preceding night. were making their way to the topmost branches. or Id just call out to him in a loud voice what you want him to do. that they are unacquainted with fire arms.All at once a sharp shock was feltthe anchor had caught in the fissure of some rock hidden in the high grass. and thirtytwo degrees fiftytwo minutes east longitude. to look at his still sleeping patient. There were jets. we re going to be called upon to play a great part. It s a very rare species of the antelope.