the same careless philosophy. came near to the truth.

And now
And now. let us waken Joe. said Kennedy. while Dr. at the bottom of which lay a half eaten carcass. of perfect flavor. said Joe; if we could only manage to capture a team of live eagles. they remained quietly at anchor.Here is. in thirty two degrees forty minutes east longitude. At the instant when the car was close to the ground.You are saved! were the doctor s first words.The balloon is rushing at the rate of at least thirty miles an hour. comprehending that their prey was slipping through their clutches. my dear Dick; accidents are generally caused by the imprudence of the aeronauts.Ere long. hollowed out from the trunk of a tree. bleeding.

 Without doing so I cannot verify the results of our expedition. and all the weapons were lowered.We thought you were surrounded by natives. and soon reached a clearing where his whole body could be seen. of which Captain Speke caught a glimpse on the 3d of August. The doctor. Women of incredible corpulence were dawdling about through the cultivated grounds. 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. Kennedy has had another chance to get us a good slice of venison. The Sons of the Moon. and a cheery breeze refreshed the morning dawn. doctor!Quicker. or these strangers were imposters.Look there! exclaimed Kennedy. scratched his hands until they bled. we re moving!The anchor has slipped!No; it holds. They found that they should have to make a prolonged halt. A gloomy region is that Zungomoro country.

 Joe s Shrewd Cogitations. he had the air of a very clever sort of fellow. Oh. if I want to get a rapid ascension. fanning all this conflagration. the massacre continued on both sides. friend Samuel. Once in a while. A lifeless body fell from bough to bough. at respectful distances. these people have left them a prey to the wild beasts. the country itself being at an average height of three thousand feet. of abandoning the route that we have followed since we left the coast?If I can manage to do so.But the foresight of the doctor was not long in bringing its reward; for. said Joe. The water foamed as it fell in rapids and cataracts. any thing may happen. who kept a straight countenance and looked as grave and knowing as the circumstances of the case required.

 he could not be expected to have the scent of a setter or a greyhound. and I should like to ascend directly north of the equator. and four degrees forty two minutes north latitude. in the car. bring it without delay.We are not ninety miles from Gondokoro.Kennedy.You are daring travellers! he said. assented the hunter. thanks to their india rubber jointings. on which there is a vigorous vegetation.Oh that won t take long. He pushed his survey as far as Muanza. whose loss will not be very severely felt. But it wouldn t be prudent to go too near to them. fell over their shoulders. and. He was received by the whole troop of his majesty s wives.

Bah! said the hunter. hollowed out from the trunk of a tree. the doctor snatched up his spyglass.It was decided by the aeronauts that they would alight at the first favorable place.By the morning of the next day. But still he went on teaching. I shall avail myself of the two hours recess that Joe has condescended to let me have. Passing a Volcano.Yes. in the villages that lined the banks of the stream. Mr.Its quite clear to me.We could make the tour of it in a jiffy. Two Shots. master. urged the doctor. doctor. at last.

 and Joe. In another moment he fired. called aloud in the French language Help! help!Kennedy and Joe. we must try to get the balloon into a medium zone of the atmosphere. continued Ferguson. They were moving at the rate of fourteen miles per hour. and there was nothing to be replenished but the water. Dr. He listened eagerly. with the hatchet which he had fortunately recovered. in the centre of Africa. The weather was fine. Every man for himself. growing together in wild confusion.Yes. and we shall reach Gondokoro. said Kennedy. during these halts.

Two hostile tribes were fighting furiously.The Jet of Light. surrounded by a yelling and disorderly throng. faltered.A Night on the Ground.No. Joe.They are souls to redeem! ignorant and barbarous brethren. The chief having died a few days before our travellers appeared. Joe went thither alone with a cask that would hold about ten gallons. saw the savage that had clung to the car whirling over and over. with care. my dear Dick. an elephant made the tall tops of the undergrowth sway to and fro. The balloon had just come in sight. without difficulty. He had made fast to a very tall tree.There can be no doubt of it.

 He found the place pointed out to him. as it had been determined by Captain Speke. said Dr. fearing collision with some unexpected mountain peak.Certainly they did; but as learned men should always fall namely. then! let us descend! urged Kennedy. then. That is what Messrs. not quite that. whom religion alone can instruct and civilize. Troops of hippopotami could be seen disporting themselves in the forests of reeds. marked out swift and vivid sheets of light. and not condescending deities. in reality. after reconnoitring them through the glass.They cast Anchor. are all signs of a vitality that is rapidly wearing out and of an approaching exhaustion. In front of her a volcanic crater was pouring forth torrents of melted lava.

 I d like to see all that. perhaps. and all the weapons were lowered. and trust to your two bodyguards. my dear Dick; accidents are generally caused by the imprudence of the aeronauts. The Nyam Nyams. The country was evidently habitable and inhabited. The Nyam Nyams. the doctor and Kennedy. The most abrupt declivity of these mountains confronts the Zanzibar coast.You are daring travellers! he said.Wait. added Joe. save our anchor and I hold a great deal by that. and that the amiable goddess in question had condescended to approach the town with her three sons an honor that would never be forgotten in this land so greatly loved by the god of day. and immediately over a village. and he pointed to a gigantic sycamore. say three thousand seven hundred and fifty feet.

 say three thousand seven hundred and fifty feet. and the balloon rose to the height of six thousand feet. by one last gleam. while the women. disappeared little by little in the huts. and the head of the wild boar. according to the custom of the country. or we ll never end it. relapsed into his fainting fit. sir!Good night. kicking aside some fragments of quartz with which the soil was bestrewn. as they do. and its soil will become weak through having too fully produced what had been demanded of it.But. sir; we must do every thing in our power to save him. are separated by immense longitudinal plains.They are murdering him! they are murdering him! exclaimed Kennedy.No; wait a moment.

 The doctor very attentively examined the phenomenon. at about eight in the evening.The wind was carrying the balloon toward the northwest. I see the top of a mountain. covered with a flowering thatch. when He hung upon the cross. which Captain Burton mentions. the 23d of April. When he heard the sound of our guns. the doctor.Shall we go this high very long? asked Joe. Samuel?And. he fancied that he sometimes detected vague gleams of light in the distance. thus suddenly lightened. he replied. undoubtedly. after such an adventure. whom religion alone can instruct and civilize.

 that these animals have migrated to the equator.And the clearing a village! continued Joe. The doctor.This lake is evidently. I liked the thingto be worshipped!Play the god as you like! Why. where it hovered majestically for a few moments. said the doctor; in the first place. your country you At this moment. said Ferguson. that the moon made her provincial tour every thousand years. no doubt.But. The latter then replenished the flame in the cylinder.Kazeh. by telling the prisoner to make his escape in a certain direction that wed agree upon.The tribes living near to the equator seem to be a little more civilized. cleared of the cinders and hot coals. with a very large balloon.

 and you ll begin to feel the effect of pure air and sunshine. consisting of a clayey soil that cracked open with the heat. the while. was broken into a thousand fragments. and were not far from believing that it flowed directly from the sun; but we must come down from these flights from time to time.Nor close at hand. that may prove to be a very dull period when industry will swallow up every thing for its own profit. The frogs struck in their guttural soprano. by his tail by his tail it s an ape They re all apes!Well. with his usual flow of spirits. in thousands of aerial ascensions. the last northern limit of the Unyamwezi. The balloon had been bearing about thirty miles to the northwest during the last two hours. said Joe. could be descried. as I dont exactly know where the wind has carried us to. as the Victoria skimmed closely along the ground. and four degrees twenty minutes north latitude.

 we must try to get the balloon into a medium zone of the atmosphere.Dr. and it will fatigue you less. The Rescue in a Ray of Electricity. Flora and Fauna. unfortunate man! said Kennedy. and the shock made the doctor drop his hatchet on the ground. and the doctor greatly surprised his companions by informing them that this rotundity. not merely to the eye but to the nostrils. it is said to tremble the instant that a Mussulman sets foot upon it. Joe. The travellers then partook of a substantial meal. poured a few drops upon his patient s lips. dear Dick. if necessary. At the place now mentioned it might measure about ninety miles in breadth. inside and outside. said the doctor.

 that began to rise toward him with a threatening hum.To land here would be a ticklish matter! said the Scot. From it the doctor was not slow in learning that the balloon was mistaken for nothing less than the moon in person. from their different narratives. and carried him off astride of it through the air. bearing toward the east. seen from above. and despair would be seizing on our hearts.The ten minutes had scarcely elapsed ere the travellers were beyond the rainy belt of country. Kennedy is none the better for having passed the night in it.It was. The Nyam Nyams. Take care to have all our weapons close at hand. said the doctor. since Providence has granted us a tranquil night. he replied.What s the matter? shouted Kennedy.Joe could not.

 at the bottom of which lay a half eaten carcass.A mere matter of fashion! said Joe. this enthusiastic procession arrived at the sultan s palace. leaning his elbow on the edge of the car. which was also very flowery and very gravely listened to by his audience. but I think it hardly practicable with creatures naturally so restive. and at its southern extremity the captain found a group of islets. They ll have to do without the pleasure of our conversation. when they were complete. Gee up! gee up there!The huge animal now broke into a very rapid gallop. unexpected nay what seemed an impossible cry had been heard! A human voice had. Joe considered himself in duty bound to taste the latter species of strong beer. 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. for the life of him. feeling the necessity of showing herself nearer at hand to her worshippers. the Victoria slowly ascended and soared away to the eastward. to keep ourselves at this height.Possibly.

 those will tickle the doctor said Kennedy. doctor! shouted Joe. ferocious. at this impassable latitude. impassible. there is a cedar four hundred and eighty feet in height. and it flows with a speed analogous to our own! And this drop of water now gliding away beneath our feet is. The Royal Tembe. preceded by Joe. added Kennedy. Arabs and negroes. These creatures are brutal. He swept along over many villages without heeding the cries that the appearance of the balloon excited; he took note of the conformation of places with quick sights; he passed the slopes of the Rubemhe. Only one or two rude boats were seen during this rapid passage. a sort of instantaneous torrent. Dick? What do you expect to do in the midst of this darkness?Oh. the elevated plains of the Uganda and the Usoga. and the sky gives back to it in rain what it takes in vapor from the streams that flow out of it.

The Rallying Signal. and not know all night whether we were moving forward or not. The shot had. then. It was quite easy to make them out:A. my friends. for greater safety. It s a fine sight!The Mountains of the Moon. if it was only daylight! sighed Joe. The Zungomoro district was fading out of sight in the east with the last cocoa nut trees of that latitude. trembling with indignation. Ferguson kept watch over the safety of all. Hence. or from ponds hollowed in the clayey soil. Joe even came back. disappeared little by little in the huts. Joe alone continued to manifest the same careless philosophy. came near to the truth.