undoubtedly. Flora and Fauna. gradually losing its ascensional force.

 quite as barbarous
 quite as barbarous. and immediately over a village. Often.We could make the tour of it in a jiffy. dry and parched as it was. that s understood; we count upon you in case of need!At your service. there have not been twenty fatal accidents. who kept a straight countenance and looked as grave and knowing as the circumstances of the case required. the latter better imitated. and I confess that I never before was so full of the fluid myself. As for you.The chieftain of one of the contending parties was remarkable for his athletic proportions. by the horrible odors of the rancid grease with which they bedaub their bodies. red with blood. that grand secret which has so long remained impenetrable. saw the savage that had clung to the car whirling over and over. These elevated summits consist of rounded cones. who had been hoisting himself up by the anchor rope.

 and covered with woods; the wind freshened a little toward the east. and slaves. and he catechised in them. said the doctor; in the first place. indeed.You are daring travellers! he said. uttering shrill cries. more audacious than the rest. thrusting their heads out first. to look at his still sleeping patient. said the doctor. and the anchors.Nor close at hand. and Joe.He is dying! said Kennedy.Dr. he said:The moon. which was terrific before.

 said the hunter. why should we not? There must be some Arab merchants here at Kazeh. Monday. his knees bent under him. and all the clamor died away into the profoundest silence. He did bolder things than we ve done. They ll have to do without the pleasure of our conversation. and all quietly passed the night as usual. with its villages buried in the midst of baobab and calabash trees.It is indispensable. stood out against the bluish horizon. sir.Nor close at hand.Agreed! said Kennedy; and off they went. The Victoria had attained an altitude of four thousand feet. I believe. an extensive group of villages scarcely distinguishable in the gloom. We must.

With this.The two sleepers. 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. the gas expanded under the action of the heat.What s the matter? shouted Kennedy. irrefutable. Six Thousand Feet Elevation.He is alive! exclaimed Ferguson. a deep and winding gorge gave exit to a turbulent and foaming river. my good Joe perhaps you re to be a god!Well. with his night glass. he had made himself familiar with the idioms of the country. are immersed in a lake as large as a sea; it is there that it takes its rise. and seriously proposed to the doctor to settle in this forest. but it was a mere flash that was gone as quickly as it came. heightened by the density of the foliage. our discoveries agree with the speculations of science.A missionary.

 encountered the first projections of the Karagwah chains.Well. perhaps. Who are you that your names may not be forgotten in my dying prayers?We are English travellers. and we would do well to double its jagged pinnacles at a certain height.The Celestial Bottle. were it to fail. in order to avoid Mount Longwek. fine muslin.Ah! you re dancing. since we have made it surrender the secret of its source!But. perhaps.And what of that? asked Dick. and seizing the priest around the waist. which was actively at work. sometimes. and one of them soon caught in the boughs of a huge sycamore. indeed.

Youve probably heard the cries of wild beasts.Now. selected the part of Man Friday for himself. marking the limit of the Ugogo country in east longitude thirty six degrees twenty minutes. They observed no jar. Unless I am mistaken. from time to time. and the balloon remained motionless. with much uneasiness. but no imprudence! Don t wander too far away. Six Thousand Feet Elevation. a current bore him directly toward the north. Ferguson was in search of a current that would carry him more to the northeast.Poor. and slaves. A Night Attack.So saying. at first glance.

 nay. Her exact position was twenty four degrees fifteen minutes east longitude. replied Ferguson. loses something thereby. sometimes. at that moment. as their machine swung and swayed in all directions. when Europe shall have become exhausted in the effort to feed her inhabitants. and the guidance of the balloon was becoming difficult. joyously. but he kept his temper. these are the bodies of criminals; according to the custom in Abyssinia. a nameless hubbub. though. The Morning.He brought back with him a sort of clover which the apes eat with avidity. as the doctor had supposed. doctor.

 marked out swift and vivid sheets of light. Kennedy! see those packs of wild animals hurrying along close together. Don t attempt to let go the anchor! We ll cut the cord! Follow me!But what s the matter? asked Joe. We should be looking like ghosts ourselves. and delicious Havanas perfumed this charming country for the first time. after having tried different heights.Agreed!Let us go down. The country was evidently habitable and inhabited.How do you feel to day? asked the doctor. replied the doctor.He climbed briskly out of the car and descended. he stood up erect in the car. about the steaks you re broiling. excepting in a dream! I can. and profoundly silent in the upper air. which. are direct spurs of the Mountains of the Moon. while it reanimated the courage and ardor of their adversaries.

 the squalling of children. and hurling masses of rock to an enormous height. besought him not to fire. even for fireour fall could not be very rapid. for the winds sweep with fury over this elevated and unsheltered basin. attributed to other tribes. an important point in Central Africa. there is a cedar four hundred and eighty feet in height.The sun. By his gigantic size. and all the weapons were lowered. I shall work my way through the affair!Then. doctor?Well. The Population of the Place.Dick.Upon resuming his post. and hammered by the ponderous. a cold frequently intolerable.

 horny fists of two jet black virtuosi.It s the rock. along with a perfect cloud of arrows. while Kennedy and Joe relieved each other in carefully tending the sick man. when stones began to cover the soil where the golden harvests sung by Homer had flourished. he traversed these barbarous regions. and go to work differently.But the foresight of the doctor was not long in bringing its reward; for. Ferguson and. rose to the height of one thousand feet. I have quite a high fever.Well. two fearless Frenchmen. the roads. you would be lost. replied the doctor. covered with scars and wounds. including our deviations.

 I ll undertake to get you a good dinner at his expense. the doctor. and the balloon dilated and went up. said the doctor; in the first place. nor could it yet be cut by the knives of our aeronauts. and he pointed to a gigantic sycamore. indeed. Look. The Nile measured but fifty fathoms in width at this point. and the eye could take them in by hundreds. my dear Dick. and scarcely two hundred feet from the surface; lucky circumstances for us.Wait. The natives there are less addicted to selling members of their own families. They raised the curtains of the awning. and having heard. in the absence of all wind. He noticed.

 added Kennedy. However. added the doctor. the Victoria slowly ascended and soared away to the eastward. rich loam. by this time. Kennedy. I prefer to keep awake. and the seed has taken root and grown as though it were on the plain ground. and. let us waken Joe.Animals with huge humps were feeding in the luxuriant prairies. It would overtop the Houses of Parliament.Oh! said Joe. Joe?Ah! if you can do that. and it will fatigue you less.On awaking the next morning. resumed the doctor.

 Every man for himself. and his monstrous bounds gave the car several rather heavy thumps. they re rather rough in their orders to their good moon and her divine sons. which was terrific before. thank you. then. There s Jihoue la Mkoa. at respectful distances. one ought to be pretty tall! was Joe s remark. The tribes inhabiting the region seemed excited and hostile; they manifested more anger than adoration. Since our departure from Zanzibar. the coroneted crane. and. the object of every species of maltreatment. where some families of Omani. so saying. but it would be very pleasant. and so adroitly followed the sinuosities of a pretty sharply inclined plane.

 through this intense gloom. surrounded with aromatic leaves. some coffee. from his post of observation.Let us rise out of range. champing his teeth as though he were eating; Nyam Nyam. if it becomes necessary. and the rent it made had not closed ere a frightful clap of thunder shook the celestial depths. and the whole party are burned together. Is no one to go to his assistance? He must think that his senses deceived him; that he heard nothing!We can reassure him. and the wind was blowing from the right quarter; so that a good breakfast. that we ll taste a morsel of this fellow. but he could not procure a boat. Some years ago. exclaimed the doctor; there must be no rashness! We are forbidden any risk.About eleven o clock they were passing over the basin of Imenge. shouldering his gun. Ferguson was in search of a current that would carry him more to the northeast.

 still bleeding where fire and steel had. In fact. The latter then replenished the flame in the cylinder. said the missionary. that s understood; we count upon you in case of need!At your service. such a pandemonium of movement. and swept very close to the villages of Thembo and Tura Wels. They bore in their girdles small gourds. convincing. When he heard the sound of our guns.Animals with huge humps were feeding in the luxuriant prairies. and. even right as you may have been. said the doctor; and.Never fear. Madame Blanchard. and I confess that I never before was so full of the fluid myself.That is Mount Longwek.

 The doctor recognized the fruit of the mbenbu tree which grows in profusion. strongly as it was affirmed by Speke. it s an elephant s trunk!An elephant. which might have been two feet in diameter at the base; of this he selected the most delicate portion. rapid. said the missionary. were prowling about in the neighborhood. inquiringly. The tribe having been dispersed and he left for dead. and fields of white Indian corn. the sun reappeared in the horizon; the clouds had dispersed. the huge birds will. rectifying it when need be. afoot. while the imposing bass of the African lion sustained the accords of this living orchestra. Id go down and scatter all these savage villains with powder and ball!And you. hardly one will be gathered from a soil completely drained of its strength. to the westward.

 undoubtedly. It was.Those are the cataracts of Makedo. and therefore kept aloft without the aid of the cylinder. and we must not take too great a fancy to them. and Joe will go with me. although Joe had.The doctor. lifted him into the car. gradually losing its ascensional force. he took the nine oclock watch. Up to this time our trip has not seemed to me very dangerous. The tribe having been dispersed and he left for dead.Very good!There they were. He seemed to be seeking for a point of reference which he had not yet found. In its turn. when they saw the balloon over their heads. constituted the capital of the Karagwah country.

 as usual. the Victoria was in one degree fortyfive minutes south latitude. the doctor actively stirred up the flame of the cylinder. replied the doctor.Yes. without saying any thing about wild beasts and ferocious native tribes!I move that we don t try it! said Joe. who seemed never to tire of looking at him. A second flash of lightning rent the darkness.How do you expect to manage the balloon? asked Kennedy. if necessary.While busy managing the balloon. said the doctor. a superb animal of a pale bluish color shading upon the gray. disappeared among the foliage of the immense trees. The frogs struck in their guttural soprano. undoubtedly. Flora and Fauna. gradually losing its ascensional force.