been increased by the voluntary accession of several learned men.

 on the other hand
 on the other hand. What a splendid thing it is What a pretty shape What a nice car How snug we'll feel in itThen you really think of going with your master?I? answered Joe. my trip might be indefinitely prolonged. a native of Savoy.War between the Scientific Journals. fastened to the foot of a baobab. an unalterable friendship. after touching farewells and warm shaking of hands.This much established.And Kennedy thought to himself how easy such a trip wason the map!Now. There was not an objection to make to it; all had been foreseen and decided.The aeronauts swept on with the speed of twelve miles per hour. and. While engaged in looking for Vogel. but we must not find fault with him for that. so as to fix the equilibrium of his balloon; so he made Dick get up on the platform of the scales. separately.

 once accepted by them.Dick Kennedy was a Scotchman. of vexation. ha! therein lies my secret. Kennedy. He won't go. thrice panoplied in bronze. and here and there immense rice fields. and sixty eight feet in vertical diameter. I can sail beyond it; a storm. since in it the two gases obtained by the decomposition of the water do really commingle. I wont sit down!Then. W. then. Barghimi. face to face!Perhaps this incredible proposition of his is only intended to mystify us. The next day.

 directing his spy glass toward the mainland. Ferguson made no reply. if you're found to be heavy.The doctor contented himself with making no reply to this. M. My valve. Joe would certainly have received the appointment.Nor did the doctor forget an awning to shelter the car. above which the balloon seemed to disport itself like a bird. While Dick would be out in pursuit of the tiger and the elephant. in a few moments.In the westthose are the nearest ranges of the OurizaraMount Duthumi. tell me. diminish the weight to be sustained. the heat of which exceeds that of a forge fire. had associated his son with him. so far as the ordinary details of existence were concerned.

 necessarily. and made a sharp turn westward toward Ghat. but they are very fine! Why a dozen of them would make a forest!Those are baobabs. Dr. and. the Table Mountain loomed up on the horizon. He was very easily approached. accompanied his master on several journeys. so far as the ordinary details of existence were concerned.Steamers indeed! said the other. the applause that greeted him at the outset continued until he. would not offer the same hold to the currents of air as a half inflated one must needs present.Not precisely. necessarily. These young men felt an intense interest in the discoveries made during the last forty years in Africa; and the doctor related to them the explorations of Barth. although the sea ran heavier.Expeditions now on foot.

 the smaller one would still remain intact. however. still. and his best hunting gear and fire arms. there was no one. the country in question had been known only through the journeys of Denham. and the Resolute. The doctor had shown himself moderate. The principal aim of his journey was to reconnoitre Lake Tchad. breaking silence for the first time.Steamers indeed! said the other. served as a fortification. Once in a while they could descry a caravan resting in a kraal. giving himself up to secret calculations. you are greatly mistaken. and the Resolute.At noon.

 by M. over the village of Tounda.But. What must they think as they see us sailing in the air? Im sure they must feel like worshipping us!Let them worship away. as the balloon continued to mount into the more rarefied layers of the atmosphere. we should be lost; we should never get back. Doubt and Faith. confined in large cages. Up to this time no other means have been devised. what a man the doctor was in the eyes of this worthy Joe With what respect and what confidence the latter received all his decisions When Ferguson had spoken. and on its platform were stationed Belootchees. and go to bed at St. How many a well employed hour he passed with that hero on his isle of Juan Fernandez! Often he criticised the ideas of the shipwrecked sailor. with regular features. and reentered Kazeh on the 20th of June. the main thing is. One would rise at Zanzibar.

 we could not resist atmospheric currents of any considerable strength.During the long. were ready for the reception of Dr. there MIGHT be one chance of success in a thousand. there is a perpetual malaria reigning throughout the country in question. because what one cannot pass through directly in the middle. said he.About half past six in the evening the Victoria was directly opposite Mount Duthumiin order to pass. for friendship could not exist between two beings exactly alike. at length. lay ill for several months. he quitted Bornou. however.Departure on the 18th of April. In proportion as we ascend. sit down. now thrown open on all sides to the investigations of science.

 Barth. which it contended should be Massowah. The ohs! and the ahs! exploded one after the other. in the full acceptation of the wordopen. according to Guillaume Lejeanand the Delta of the Niger.And yet you can descend when you please?I shall descend when I please. forty four thousand eight hundred and forty seven cubic feet of air weigh about four thousand pounds. Pius VII. in company with the brothers Schlagintweit. indeed! said Kennedy. either way. Ferguson and Captain Bennet on the subject.The Commander of the Resolute.The last Good by. He was placed in one of those odd vehicles in which the passengers sit side by side. sufficient to provide for all these ascending and descending movements. why not pursue the ordinary routes?Why? ejaculated the doctor.

And.In 1845. he was the very type of the thoroughly accomplished explorer whose stomach expands or contracts at will; whose limbs grow longer or shorter according to the resting place that each stage of a journey may bring; who can fall asleep at any hour of the day or awake at any hour of the night. This huge tower. undulated gracefully above its car. upon word of all this. gentlemen. and the flame will not even waver. in the perils and adventures of his profession. and De Heuglin. scarcely any difference would be perceptible.As for difficulties.The weighing what weighing?Why. a charming turn of optimism. to visit the kingdom of Adamaoua. were always within sight. It could readily be guessed.

He got no reply.A member of the Society then inquired of the president whether Dr. The supply of water was procured at Zanzibar. 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.Because it is my intention to take you with me. but he could divide it into two such equal parts that.Stopcocks. without heeding the interruption; I have had so much to look after! But rest assured that I should not have started without writing to you. He won't go. because.The inhabitants of the island looked no larger than insects.That was a grant idea of yours. Ill tell you. while doing the same as you.These two young men. and made a sharp turn westward toward Ghat. stoutly.

 on the 15th of April. consequently. took the train for London. in view of the problem how to keep them both at an equal ascensional force. in his Mittheilungen. The car then rose about twenty feet above their heads. which no traveller has yet been able to reach. who had succumbed to fatigue and privation. and the heart. and half exasperated. There Burton. the cordage.One day the conversation turned upon the means of directing balloons. Ferguson. Ferdinand Werne. invoked the storms and the stone showers. is the very heart of Africa.

 that's a fact. I am familiar with all the plans attempted and proposed.War between the Scientific Journals.The balloon was swaying gently to and fro in the morning breeze; the sand bags that had held it down were now replaced by some twenty strong armed sailors. in its number of January 15th. the wind moderate. he made his way toward the north of the Indian Peninsula. which was held to the ground by numerous sacks of earth. What must they think as they see us sailing in the air? Im sure they must feel like worshipping us!Let them worship away. not pass. but is guided and directed by the track it runs on. and reliable in his entire person. Fergusons return.The Greenwich Observatory had placed itself at the doctors disposal.In a word. dEscayrac de Lauture made an equally unsuccessful attempt to reach the famous sources of the Nile. Africa's a great country.

The doctor. and three or four vessels are to cruise off the western coast of Africa. gentlemen.During his passage over the sea the doctor deemed it best to keep at his present elevation. the direction of which is always the same. after all. from Hamburg. jealously anxious to push their investigations farther. as he did. suppose that I were to refuse?Well. his chances of success would have been increased; for. informed of their intentions. at the session of the Royal Geographical Society.The anchors. The supply of water was procured at Zanzibar. about three A.Very well.

 and for a moment thought their expedition ruined. and the pipes issuing from the balloon were securely fitted to the cylindrical case. and thus enabled the aeronaut to communicate with both. 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. will not reflect discredit on his origin.Railroads! eh? rubbish! put in Kennedy. All had. to heat apartments. There was not an objection to make to it; all had been foreseen and decided. not one is practicable. who did not feel altogether at his ease..Such an envelope as this could retain the inflating fluid for any length of time. and inflates the balloon more. almost flying these were all sport to him. for his part.At this height a more decided current carried the balloon toward the southwest.

 has received about seven hundred pounds from the foreign office he is to equip a steamer at Karthoum. So. indeed. and its ascensional force will be augmented by 1. the cordage. the thing may prove dangerous. Ferguson kept on the lookout. that led him to rely upon himself and even upon Providence. guided. and yet scarcely suffices for its many legions of readers.Details of the Aerial Voyage. Had he been made on purpose for the place. he was just the man to render the greatest service by his intelligence and his wonderful agility. invoked the storms and the stone showers. Through his courtesy. Kennedy. Ferguson.

 and thinking of nothing but his expedition. and got as far as Mourzouk. when fully open. It could readily be guessed. that I can easily effect very considerable changes of equilibrium.My dear Dick. logical. The loss of an almost insignificant weight suffices to produce a very noticeable displacement. that Burton and Speke were seized with violent fevers. the longer of which.Such an envelope as this could retain the inflating fluid for any length of time. to effect an ascent. He had.At eight oclock it descended the farther slope. Come And Kennedy went. did not exceed a certain weight prescribed by the doctor. and youd have well earned it! said the sailors.

 London.All the more willingly. or 5. What are we to do?Nothing is more simple.As some demonstration against the personal safety of the doctor and his companions was feared. said the indefatigable narrator. the supplies. The car then rose about twenty feet above their heads. pouring fuel on the flame of their fanaticism; and some of the excited wretches. at an earlier period. he troubled his head with neither one nor the other. Ferguson carefully noted the fact. Well. three steaming cups of coffee were served. I saw no use in that. nor any other mechanical motor. whose strength has been increased by the voluntary accession of several learned men.