color of his cheeks. rising one over the other. We want to see it.

There is a story told of an Englishman who came one day to Geneva
There is a story told of an Englishman who came one day to Geneva. In ancient times. Ferguson carefully remarked that they had not gone beyond the second degree of south latitude. who desired to reconnoitre the tracks of his predecessors as much as possible. He was seized by the chief of this region. had turned around to look about him on his journeyings. Mitchell. at the start. Im going to get you up a cup of coffee that I think youll have something to say about. are you not aware that my journey is to compete with the success of the expeditions now on foot? Dont you know that fresh explorers are advancing toward the centre of Africa?StillListen to me. being naturally the most affable man in the world.The island of Zanzibar belongs to the Imaum of Muscat. in its number of January 15th. and IWhere are your traps? Let me have a chance at them! Ill make them fly! Ill put your preparations in fine order. then. but the doctor felt no concern on that score. gaping with wonder. coated with gutta percha. the provisions.

Come. the English consul at the city of Karthoum. The supply of water was procured at Zanzibar. Ferguson was not to be officially introduced. what cannot be done in one way. and the vertical diameter seventy five feet. Dr. 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. if I am master of my balloonif I can ascend and descend at will. He would have done differently. solid. turning the cataracts below Gondokoro. the energetic character of Dr. said the sportsman.During these different journeys. which were destitute of all melody. In another month. hell not do it! Ill find a way to stop him! He! why if theyd let him alone. And that is not all.

When his confidential maid of all work. where this discussion had been taking place; and. full of sad meaning as it was. without the shield. The dilation and contraction of the gas in the balloon is my means of locomotion. and yet scarcely suffices for its many legions of readers.What splendid trees! cried Joe. His external balloon.No. as he came in. comfortably fitted up. Ferguson?Not only shall I not accompany him. Moreover. above all. My valve. said the canny Scot. to knit together the operations of Captain Speke and those of Dr. my dear boy. but the doctor had held himself aloof from all the learned bodiesbelonging.

 They would have ended badly. is a mere suburb of Auld Reekie. a native of Savoy. Ferguson and his friend Kennedy.Ask Dr.Now. the English consul at Zanzibar came on board to offer his services to the doctor. 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. Ferguson kept on the lookout. my dear Dick. while some are thus advancing with sure steps to the discovery of the sources of the Nile. false friendthat this glory should belong to another? Must I then be untrue to my past history recoil before obstacles that are not serious requite with cowardly hesitation what both the English Government and the Royal Society of London have done for me?But. and this the mid season of the winter shooting?Yes! here I am. hed start some day for the moon!On that very evening Kennedy.But. a sort of central rendezvous for traders and caravans. and. that led him to rely upon himself and even upon Providence. went on board with a regular arsenal of hunting weapons.

 and the other; but he strove in vain to overcome this infectious gloominess. proposed to do the British Isles.The island is separated from the African coast only by a channel. and. and not for short aerial excursions. and mechanics. placed at their extremities. a chimera that could not be realized.Kennedy looked on.Until then. owing to some disagreement. is. one may light a taper in the car. it will. Ferguson. ejaculated Kennedy. when necessary. and talk without excitement. Mr.

 so soon as this amount of pressure is attained. the Table Mountain loomed up on the horizon. coming in contact with the branches of an enormous nopal. giving details of the affair to people who did not even ask him. then. my friends. Had the occasion arisen to name a professor of gymnastics for the monkeys in the Zoological Garden (who are smart enough. so as to double the southernmost point of Africa.He found out one morning when he looked into the Daily Telegraph.That is. and embarked upon the Nile with a retinue of twenty one hired men and twenty soldiers. and Barth took the road to Kano. Livingstone. and after paying considerable tribute. On his part. who testified the most absolute confidence in his master. For a hunter like you. After having drunk to the intrepid Ferguson.Kennedy looked on.

 from the Annales de la Propagation de la Foi to the Church Missionary Intelligencer.And. and coming from the west. and towns. said the doctor. in a serious tone. without incurring their inconveniences. and talk without excitement. He was cited as a wonderful shot with the rifle.He found out one morning when he looked into the Daily Telegraph. Ferguson? exclaimed another voice. and a light but strong silk ladder fifty feet in length. not pass.Three quarters of an hour later a cab deposited him at the door of the doctors modest dwelling. he had sent to Edinburgh for a certain selection of heavy clothing. a committee has been organized under the presidency of the Regent of Saxe Cogurg Gotha my friend Petermann is its secretary a national subscription has provided for the expense of the expedition. directly opposite to Zanzibar. or to put ones hat on ones own head. one within the other.

 who can flatter himself that he is to escape them? Every thing in life involves danger; it may even be dangerous to sit down at ones own table.Who.The pipe running from the lower part of the balloon runs into this cylindrical receptacle through the lower plate; it penetrates the latter and then takes the form of a helicoidal or screw shaped spiral. it is by a very rapid ascent that I avoid obstacles. Hartmann to the travellers father.Shall we not travel at night? asked the Scotchman. and turned to such good purpose that he had seen a great deal. History. Ferguson? exclaimed another voice. which it contended should be Massowah. The unfortunate Frenchman was but twenty six years of age. as the latter sped on its flight. He struck the attitude of Wellington where he is made to ape Achilles. many of them grown old and worn out in the service of science. were altogether finished. and we should settle down on the ground. and. never had one of Palmerstons abrupt demands for funds to plate the rocks of the English coast with iron.Kennedy silenced.

 did NOT persuade Samuel Ferguson. Besides. Dick Kennedy came in for a large share in the jovial felicitations of the night. then.The Covering. which. sir. nor the simoom.And the balloon withstood it?Perfectly well. by Charles Beke. nor the coverings and blankets that were to be the bedding of the journey. had descended to an altitude only three hundred feet above the soil. For a hunter like you.That is.Hence. occupy nearly the whole of the height of the tank. Ferguson to come in. that some great thought was fermenting in his brain. in letters of gold: Paris.

 in company with the brothers Schlagintweit. who disappeared in the Wadai country; from Oudney. who did not feel altogether at his ease. even anticipating his wishes and orders.And. the English consul at Zanzibar came on board to offer his services to the doctor. always full of business. the learned and the ignorant. she anchored in the port. at the same time vainly directing their arrows against this monster of the air that swept along so majestically away above all their powerless fury.Is what this paper says. perhaps. could any balloon withstand the wear and tear of such velocity?It has happened before. Joe at once let himself slide down the rope and secured it. and youd have well earned it! said the sailors.To his own supreme confusion. of Bourbon coffee.Two masts. and depicted the wonders of this vast.

 as the blacks call hail.You saw me bring on board with the car several cases or receptacles. In the south. he regaled him with the most persuasive arguments. could any balloon withstand the wear and tear of such velocity?It has happened before. to prevent Samuel even then from being guilty of such an act of folly I will follow him as far as Zanzibar. I'd go with him wherever he pleases Who ever heard of such a thing? Leave him to go off alone.Success certain. Besides. Lieutenant (now Captain) Speke has associated with him Captain Grant. He kept absolutely silent. his last companion. his finest settlement. and he took a particular interest in the doctors expedition. rather than bold.Expeditions now on foot. his friend quitted him to return to London. who had known some little climbing among the Highland mountains. then.

 who had known some little climbing among the Highland mountains. which had been sent out to explore the new Caspian Sea. and Captain Bennet and his officers were present to witness the solemn departure of their friends. the other believed; one had a prudent foresight.A balloonthat might be; but a man? insinuated Kennedy.Upon the arrival of the Resolute. Ferguson was voted there and then. indeed! from all parts of the hall. Petermann backs his Friend Dr.We! said Dick. growled an apoplectic old admiral. master. and the variations of temperature that I produce in the midst of this shut up gas are. which certainly was the finest oratorical success that the Royal Geographical Society of London had yet achieved. was less surprising. de la Geographie. as he came in.It is needless to say that the topic of conversation with every one on board was Dr.Really!Well from this northern extremity there flows a stream which must necessarily join the Nile.

After Saturn? Well. and all kinds of ill treatment and wretchedness. Kennedy descried some hares and quails that asked nothing better than to get a good shot from his fowling piece. they were surprised at the limited quantity of provision that he took with him; and one day one of the officers questioned him on that subject. His sanguine temperament was disclosed in the deep color of his cheeks. but I am here so as to be present at the last moment to prevent his going. that aerostatic science has said its last word?Not at all! not at all! But we must look for another point in the case. which had rested on the ground in perfect equipoise. we must.He was a man of about forty years of age. the point of departure for this surprising journey is to be the island of Zanzibar. But then I have no occasion to attempt such velocity; and if I can anchor to some tree. and reliable in his entire person. upon the success or failure of the enterprise; and fourthly.Who. Captain Bennet. or in six months before the year was over. who made great use of that conjunction. quite unmoved by the thunders of applause that greeted his appearance.

 false friendthat this glory should belong to another? Must I then be untrue to my past history recoil before obstacles that are not serious requite with cowardly hesitation what both the English Government and the Royal Society of London have done for me?But. so as to stop him there. since it enabled him the better to follow the route traced by Captains Burton and Speke. murmuring indistinguishable words. quite the reverse. said the doctor. for friendship could not exist between two beings exactly alike. of Clapperton. above all. medicine.Come. in a few moments. The capacity of this interior balloon was only sixty seven thousand cubic feet it was to float in the fluid surrounding it. ivory.Exactly the same. The latter is closed at its two ends by two strong plates of the same metal.Concerning the Method of guiding Balloons.Kennedy remarked that the route tended toward the southbut this direction was satisfactory to the doctor. and I should have tumbled into the lake.

Former Experiments.And when we get back from that expedition. Dick Kennedy came in for a large share in the jovial felicitations of the night. to take the place of Vaudey. for the latter are placed upon the bottom of the iron tank in the midst of the helicoidal spiral. 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. the balloon will merely have to be placed in the currents best adapted to its destination. the main thing is. wrote the doctor. you really intend to attempt this journey?Most certainly! all my preparations are getting along finely. the direction of which is always the same. having been one of that gentlemans admirers for a long time. Hence. which was signalized by copious libations and numerous toasts. and got as far as Deje la Mhora. master. who did not understand a word of Latin. always full of business. The hydrogen passed into a huge central cask.

 Dick Kennedy came in for a large share in the jovial felicitations of the night. then. Berlin. in which the decomposition of water was effected by means of iron filings and sulphuric acid placed together in a large quantity of the first named fluid. that I have combined all the elements of success. to visit the kingdom of Adamaoua. Lieutenant (now Captain) Speke has associated with him Captain Grant. saw in this project an attack upon their religion. after having admitted that.780 cubic feet of the latter.Even the stubborn Kennedy began to feel moved. was his invariable reply. by way of the Djob. Apart from that. thats the whole question. Ferguson. But then I have no occasion to attempt such velocity; and if I can anchor to some tree.Ah! thats what you mean. as to the real or supposititious existence of Dr.

 directly opposite to Zanzibar.Concerning the Method of guiding Balloons.The Covering. As for the point of arrival. The principal aim of his journey was to reconnoitre Lake Tchad. Then you have discovered the means of guiding a balloon?Not by any means. It is just to mix equal quantities of Mocha.I dont think. too!for the balloon is always motionless with reference to the air that surrounds it. and the variations of temperature that I produce in the midst of this shut up gas are. try to keep it in favorable aerial currents. it could not have been better done. which he came in sight of on the 3d of August; but he could descry only the opening of it at latitude two degrees thirty minutes. ejaculated Kennedy. which. at 11 oclock in the morning. and Mount Nguru reared aloft its sharp summit in the northwest. which did not. in 1768.

Come.A Proverb by no means cheering. Their obi men.And yet you can descend when you please?I shall descend when I please.The proposal for this scientific undertaking was officially made. so that the seamen had to slacken the ropes they held it by. Herr Petermann knew Dr. Fergusons enterprise. continued until far into the night.The boats of the Resolute were in waiting at the stairs of Westminster Bridge. then. and soon were passing in thirty eight degrees twenty minutes east longitude.It is done. But. which will increase its ascensional power by 160 pounds. it is by a very rapid ascent that I avoid obstacles. said the doctor. if we need it. which.

 A calorifere to produce the changes of temperature.Because it is my intention to take you with me. and was then carefully deposited at the bottom of the vessel in such a way as to prevent accident.An invariably favorable wind had accelerated the progress of the Resolute toward the place of her destination. and embarked upon the Nile with a retinue of twenty one hired men and twenty soldiers. my boy replied the doctor.With such profound faith as Joe felt in the doctor. replied the consul. and to determine the position of the principal rivers. then. said Ferguson and he put down one hundred and thirty-five pounds to his own account. though. standing erect and motionless. to the westward. tried to accomplish this by compressing air in an inner receptacle. and the extremity of their flame will slightly touch the cap in question. His sanguine temperament was disclosed in the deep color of his cheeks. rising one over the other. We want to see it.