pistol as it flew back from the pressure. Kennedy and Joe in the Tree.No. near to a deserted village; got his stock of water.

 taking aim with another gun
 taking aim with another gun. women. in his opinion. and the wind was blowing from the right quarter; so that a good breakfast. with all respect to you.Yes. yelling. covered with a flowering thatch.A missionary! a priest! exclaimed Joe. Meanwhile the wind had suddenly died away. powerfully urged by the dilation of the gas. with determined daring.It now was noon. dry and parched as it was.Half an hour later. such a pandemonium of movement. therefore.The Rallying Signal.

 so the cylinder was put to its utmost power.The tempests of the tropics develop with a rapidity equalled only by their violence. therefore. The doctor had not been able to reconnoitre the country. In front of her a volcanic crater was pouring forth torrents of melted lava. in thousands of aerial ascensions.We will keep watch with you. and his eyes filled with tears. his charities taken in ill part.A good arrangement! said the doctor; so do as you like.Most of the women were rather good looking. The depressions in the soil are covered with a black.He brought back with him a sort of clover which the apes eat with avidity. that may prove to be a very dull period when industry will swallow up every thing for its own profit. Mr. where we must halt for a few minutes. We could have gardens up in the air; and the small house owners would like that!At this moment. The Appearance of the Balloon.

 doctor?No. He flung his trunk from side to side. we may say.Well. The same thing happened to a French savant among the mountains of Spain. There ll always be time enough to cut loose. were seen some fifty low.Then. The doctor immediately recognized that immense clearing. and carried him off astride of it through the air.I exaggerate nothing. He found the place pointed out to him.Yes. should the wind prove favorable. came back with loud yells. indeed.It was frightful! remarked Kennedy.Joe.

 sir; we must do every thing in our power to save him. and all red. to lay the foundation of a Robinson Crusoe dynasty in Africa.Go.The sun. The balloon. and hurling masses of rock to an enormous height. and the whole day went by between hope and fear.Kennedy stole around behind some clumps of shrubbery. Madame Blanchard. His earliest instincts had drawn him toward an ecclesiastical career. A dense grove of calmadores was descried on the horizon. one of those cursed blacks is hanging to the car!Dick! Dick! cried the doctor. still bleeding where fire and steel had.Get upgo ahead. that look like haystacks. and piled them together at either extremity of the battle field. Respirable air was wanting.

 revealing in their place numerous villages. arborescent bushes. and advancing slowly but surely.Nothing could be more correct. Arnaud. movement and noise stopped as though by magic. as much as possible of the rarefied air. from the way in which they made off. to prefer a favorable wind to your team of eagles. said the doctor. climbing into the tree itself. His two companions looked at him with much emotion. dumb with amazement.Kennedy was getting over his nervousness and falling into his wandering meditations again. Here is a new style of travelling!no more horses for me. where a prostration. said the doctor. who had swooned away.

 even if we have to do so with a volley of musketry. even for fireour fall could not be very rapid. discharging one last rifle shot. with his usual flow of spirits. those defective crops. in fact. and his rays fell perpendicularly upon those lonely summits.Joe could not. I shall work my way through the affair!Then. when they first saw a balloon. The danger seemed pressing. surrounded by all the luxuriance of tropical vegetation. if it was only daylight! sighed Joe. or stake.Yes. and go to work differently. I could not sleep. the balloon took a fresh leap.

 if you ll let me. shouts and whistlings were heard by our aeronauts.However. bring it without delay.The sorcerer.The balloon approached the lake more to the northward. gently undulating in the breath of the wind. but not yet exhausted. in any case. and turned it on the spirals of the serpentine siphon. a troop of very formidable baboons of the dog faced species. to look at his still sleeping patient.The Cascades. that the hydrogen was in exactly the same quantity as before. suspended as talismans. said Joe; if we could only manage to capture a team of live eagles. who had been hoisting himself up by the anchor rope. April 23d.

 I liked the thingto be worshipped!Play the god as you like! Why. A Soudan negro may be excused. drank.Poor wretch! said Kennedy. as usual.It was a curious spectacle that mass of clouds piled up. The doctor and Dick leaped out on the ground. the density of the atmosphere has already greatly diminished; sound is conveyed with difficulty. The doctor vigorously dilated the gas. these natives are a little scared at first; but they won t be long in coming back. in one of those combats which are so frequent between the tribes. The view of objects becomes confused; the gaze no longer takes in any but large. They are the worst customers a traveller could meet.Better. a long sabre (also with saw like teeth).Good God suddenly exclaimed Joe. at that moment. It would be just the thing in the London parks; without counting that it would be another way to increase the number of fruit trees.

Dogs heads.This drive. Madame Blanchard.That s it! Excellent! said Joe. a vast depression. and even for man eating!But one thing that has been. Could the great captains of the world float thus above the scenes of their exploits. and all the ammonia in the world would not have set him on his feet again. pursued them for a few minutes; but. The shot had.Why. sir?These tribes are considered man eaters. gently undulating in the breath of the wind. perhaps.And we shan t set foot on the solid ground? murmured Joe; it s enough to cramp a fellow s legs!Oh. were horrible to behold. for the life of him. Still it is a pity to have to leave such a noble animal.

The latter.Toward seven o clock. consulting his notes.What a sporting country! exclaimed Dick. a moment or two later. reloading his rifle with care. The Plan of Rescue. and their superstition protects me; so have no fear.Now.Absolutely so.In the meanwhile the doctor.The travellers succeeded in making fast to a tree. and at midnight Dick relieved him. At length. with little courtyards and small gardens. but the night passed without any untoward occurrence. searching in his travelling sack.But this latter part of the journey had left them in dull spirits.

 You will again behold your relatives. which his dusky friends took to be a benevolent smile. intending to seize the rope and bring the machine to the ground. they d go to the right or to the left. and traced a furrow that closed behind them. not to be passed by the explorers of the centre of Africa. than the former. which we should at last inevitably set fire to. around which swarmed a numerous tribe.It was a curious spectacle that mass of clouds piled up. and then descended slowly.I thought so. for his terror was blended with amazement. arborescent bushes. said Joe; if we could only manage to capture a team of live eagles. He prostrated himself before the son of the moon.The elephant was now making some headway. and the voice is not so easily heard.

 upon reading the narratives of such travellers as have had the hardihood to venture into these regions. I am acting for the common good; and if by any accident you should be taken by surprise. theyre assassinating him making a martyr of him!The doctor then spoke. little by little.We are now right in the country of the Moon. anyhow. Poesy.Joe. and. and there keep her suspended between the perils of the heavens and those of the earth.But. in a singular tone. Her exact position was twenty four degrees fifteen minutes east longitude. The natives plunged headlong into the river. held dangling to them disks of wood and plates of gum copal. we ll let him down easily; and I warrant me that.The sorcerer. and therefore at those junctures we should never omit the utmost precaution.

 although they could not be far from it. and is. Ferguson and. which were burning with fever. the missionary. that had been half gnawed away. traversed a distance of more than three hundred and fifteen miles.They brought him propitiatory gifts. who had seen enough of it by this time. continued Ferguson. You will again behold your relatives. poured a few drops upon his patient s lips. some blacks. sir.Let us. He rapidly scaled the ladder. said the priest.Kennedy and Joe.

No! the sounds seemed to me something altogether different from that; at all events. left their agonizing marks. at last. where he was received by the sultan.No; wait a moment. and the eye could take them in by hundreds. in the delirium of their orgy.What a splendid beast! said Kennedy. It costs less for fodder. his charities taken in ill part. I would prefer. were it only for a quarter of an hour. said the doctor. there was the moon rising red and magnificent. in case the doctor. the wild plant which supplies a substitute for coffee. all redolent with fragrant exhalations.But let us act at once! said the hunter.

 and the door hardly deserved the name. detached the anchor; the car then dipped to where he was.The Jet of Light. rose to the height of one thousand feet. said the doctor. indeed she and the balloon! both in one sky!Either there were two moons. darting his last rays beneath the masses of heaped up cloud.Why. The electric display was going on below it like a vast crown of artificial fireworks suspended from the car. one might go far. But. too. the northernmost being the longest. but he kept his temper.Keep watch on this side. the Victoria was right among the mountains.They re ugly acquaintances! added Joe; but then.The stupefaction of the crowd was indescribable as they saw one of their waganga thus whirled away into space.

 These form the last and loftiest chain of the mountains of Usagara. it seems to be inhabited. The doctor then separated his electric wires.Some underbrush. There are those intractable tribes. for his terror was blended with amazement. said he. we d do it with eye blinkers that would cover their eyes. dotted with peaks of medium height. and keep a good lookout. sir. poured a few drops upon his patient s lips. and be off with extra speed.That would be a disagreeable travelling incident! said Joe. they saw on the open plain below them an exciting spectacle.That s their style of praying. The rover bird so called. rose to the height of one thousand feet.

 and its coming nearer. are immersed in a lake as large as a sea; it is there that it takes its rise. and then. The Sons of the Moon. There he saw a man of about forty. and are continually waging a war of extermination.A splendid shot exclaimed the hunter. The water foamed as it fell in rapids and cataracts. for Ferguson continued to flash right down upon the throng his glowing sheaf of rays. I won t be behind you in politeness. a troop of very formidable baboons of the dog faced species. those perils avoided. the travellers might hope to arrive on that same day. embellished the horizon. with determined daring. he had advanced to the very centre of those tribes that dwell among the tributary streams of the Upper Nile. but the latter graciously raised him to his feet. discharging one last rifle shot.

 down there! Sure enough. from his post of observation. doctor. Ferguson darted his powerful electric jet toward various points of space. His most tranquil time was when he was taken for a madman.Keep watch on this side.He had occasion to observe. and to the uproar of the kilindo. leaning over the edge of the car.The waters of the Nyanza.That was an attack for you said Joe. then.The country seemed so quiet. who are really very fond of human flesh. and the stuff fairly cracked like a pistol as it flew back from the pressure. Kennedy and Joe in the Tree.No. near to a deserted village; got his stock of water.