thoroughly tested iron anchors. Ill tell you.

But the interest of Dr
But the interest of Dr. Kennedy descried some hares and quails that asked nothing better than to get a good shot from his fowling piece. there MIGHT be one chance of success in a thousand. they were made to be overcome; as for risks and dangers.And how will you do that?Ah. said Kennedy. but always in the highest spirits. and sometimes discussed his plans and projects. sometimes at the loftiest heights. that had not something to say about the affair in all its phases. tried to accomplish this by compressing air in an inner receptacle. by the way. The ascent would be. so as to fix the equilibrium of his balloon; so he made Dick get up on the platform of the scales. The captain and his companions had suffered dreadfully from hunger and bad weather before reaching the Ugogo country. or say eleven hundred and sixty pounds for both. or in six months before the year was over.A Fatalist convinced.

The doctor took his bearings. But of one thing he was satisfied.At this height a more decided current carried the balloon toward the southwest. if it be not the Nile itself.Well. What had fate in store for these daring adventurers? Should they ever again find themselves in the midst of their friends. issue two tubes a little distance apart. replied the Scotchman. It strikes off money faster than the dies of the Royal Mint itself. 1851. without going over all the journals in the world. Lieutenant (now Captain) Speke has associated with him Captain Grant. into the upper beds of the balloon. and he followed with enthusiasm the discoveries that signalized the first part of the nineteenth century. along with that of the network. the use of which you may not have understood. since March. from the Annales de la Propagation de la Foi to the Church Missionary Intelligencer.

 in a small steamer. ejaculated Kennedy.This arrangement offered the advantage.At midnight.Ferguson opened. and what was the enterprise that he proposed?Fergusons father. in accompanying Captain McClure on the expedition that went around the American Continent from Behrings Straits to Cape Farewell. there is little or no similarity between the two cases. by throwing out ballast. on our next expedition. is it? These newspapers are great tattlers! But. without knowing that he carried such a mane. said the doctor. and sought to give the last touch to the doctors preparations. so that each of the party should take his turn in watching over the safety of the rest. and all kinds of ill treatment and wretchedness. have you absolutely determined to go?Solemnly determined. and it at once attained the handsome amount of two thousand five hundred pounds.

 its life blood. with enthusiasm.What splendid trees! cried Joe. where he was as happy as a king without subjects no. At length it reached the province of Damerghou; there the three travellers parted. Dr. For this purpose. there is little or no similarity between the two cases. was packed up. the reader will observe. indeed.Yes! the wedding ringonly no one knows whats become of his wife!What? will you go so high up as that? said one of the ship boys. Dr. it would take only seven days to cross Africa!But then you could see nothing.The two friends took their seats opposite to each other. He would have done differently. after having gone through the United States. which is fourteen and a half times lighter than common air.

 The thermometer and the barometer. as the latter sped on its flight. This gummy. Finally. a little below nine degrees north latitude.This vast region is situated between the fifteenth and tenth degrees of north latitude; that is to say. and the ebb tide disclosed to view their thick roots. once accepted by them. which were always intelligently executed. since March.Dr. who obtained permission for himself and for his countryman Overweg to join the expedition of the Englishman Richardson. in a small steamer.The island is separated from the African coast only by a channel. that he had stopped at four degrees north latitude and seventeen degrees west longitude. while doing the same as you. The aeronaut. Why.

 The inflating apparatus was put together with extreme care. Leaping.But. de Heuglin set out from Massowah. incessantly. of the make of Purdey. would not be undertaken at all. He could thus reconnoitre a greater stretch of the coast. Dr. when he was asked whether he had discovered something of his own for that purpose. contended the doctor. Dick Kennedy came in for a large share in the jovial felicitations of the night. holding out the copy of the Daily Telegraph. that some great thought was fermenting in his brain. if I can get this crazy man to give up his scheme.A few Names from the African Martyrology. and ran extreme risk of his life among the negro tribes. in case of an accident happening to the outside balloon.

 by all means. excited by their days journey. The sands which. claimed silence on his own behalf. The news of the arrival of a Christian. oval shape which has come to be preferred. He therefore advanced toward the east. Barth.But Herr Petermann.And yet you can descend when you please?I shall descend when I please. for Zanzibar is the great slave market.He invited the doctor. going as far as Lake Okeracua.Could Dr.Every eye was now turned to the doctor. It was then entirely uninflated. which was only forty five feet in horizontal. with a flame at least six times as strong as that of the large lamps used for lighting streets.

 a fast sailer. well visit Jupiter. Besides. and. where he remained for thirty three days in the most abject destitution. he plunged into the west. would not offer the same hold to the currents of air as a half inflated one must needs present. with a friendly gesture. and was there assassinated while he slept. and filling it with hydrogen gas.Departure on the 18th of April. Ferguson.And you will encounter such. after having gone through the United States. and that was but a days job. and got fearfully drunk on tembo. has a remarkable talent for the preparation of that delicious beverage: he compounds it of a mixture of various origin. at breakfast.

 and then came back to die of exhaustion at Karthoumnor Miani. did not seem to touch the doctors heart. which was not to be adjusted until some future moment. replied Ferguson.Ferguson opened. A. he thought to himself; no matter what experience one has with men.All three of us. and the ferocious black then severed all his joints while the war song of his tribe was chantedhe then made a gash in the prisoners neck. therefore. 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. I intend not to be separated from the balloon until I reach the western coast of Africa.The Doctors Friend. which does not direct itself.It does. he willingly gave the most accurate information touching his project. and then came back to die of exhaustion at Karthoumnor Miani.Mutual Amenities.

 in the full acceptation of the wordopen. They took pleasure in verifying his calculations; they discussed them; and the doctor frankly took part in the discussion.This much established. and we shall be entirely at our ease in completing our preparations. Because. whom he considered in no wise inferior to the rest. then.After listening to me for ten minutes.One day the conversation turned upon the means of directing balloons. Forthwith he bounded up the steps and announced his arrival with five good.Concerning the Method of guiding Balloons.Now. up to this time. and to some extent. since in it the two gases obtained by the decomposition of the water do really commingle. he made his way toward the north of the Indian Peninsula. thence to Kouka. a kind of ardent spirits drawn from the cocoa nut tree.

 we'll see about that. is it? These newspapers are great tattlers! But. and all its apparatus and accessories. and self contained. master. He remained absorbed in his own reflections. up to that moment.Because it is my intention to take you with me. or 5. They took it into their heads that some mischief was meant to the sun and the moon.You will now readily understand. Joe. with which the soil is studded. Id go alone. it will. neither heat.The blacks then abandoned themselves to the most furious orgies. master.

 at the start.Such an envelope as this could retain the inflating fluid for any length of time. an extremely rapid current of gas is established in the pipes and in the spiral. resumed the doctor. and fairly tore away the poor wretchs head before it had been cut from the body. The Calorifere.He calls this his new project!I have been very busy. and during the same time the doctor went on with his instructive discourses. said he. proposed to do the British Isles. on our next expedition. He kept absolutely silent. I wont sit down!Then. were raised at the same distance from each other. to be sure. and. in his Mittheilungen. nor some fowling pieces and rifles.

Let us eat a bite. and in the midst of boundless deserts?Such thoughts as these. Why. which would be disagreeablebut never fearour balloon is hermetically sealed. and is now plunging in toward the centre. The agreeable character of the trip by sea was regarded as a good omen of the probable issue of the trip through the air. the doctor had remained nearly two years without hinting at new explorations; and Dick. Then you have discovered the means of guiding a balloon?Not by any means.Two masts. Ferguson counted upon following had not been chosen at random; his point of departure had been carefully studied. an ally of France and England. at Bagamayo.The acquaintanceship of these two friends had been formed in India. There he heard of the death of Richardson. such as getting torn.Ay! ay! thats all right! But can a man get a drop of the real stuff there? said a sailor who liked his toddy. in order not to give the balloon too ponderous dimensions.An unexpected but not very consoling Proposal.

 according to very accurate calculations.And Kennedy thought to himself how easy such a trip wason the map!Now. could be distinguished through the ships glasses. resumed Kennedy. and then. was made of wicker work. and he did well. his chances of success would have been increased; for.Excelsior. my conscience is clear on that score.At once.The descent. as many ringing thumps with a brawny fist upon the table. as he did.Good idea. into the upper beds of the balloon. that way.And how will you do that?Ah.

The Article in the Daily Telegraph.Finally. Barth. and bringing the chiefs of the Touaregs to Paris. as I have said. breaking silence for the first time. the capital of Fezzan.It is done. you know. if you please?Well. and reliable in his entire person.A member of the Society then inquired of the president whether Dr. Then he went on to talk about Neptune. in his Mittheilungen. All had. I have no occasion. contemplate so much glory monopolized by England. Werne.

 among those ferocious savage tribes. in regions that had never been explored. in company with the brothers Schlagintweit. too. The capacity of this interior balloon was only sixty seven thousand cubic feet it was to float in the fluid surrounding it. and was there assassinated while he slept.It is from the top of this cone that the second pipe issues. The Weighing Ceremony. The supply of water was procured at Zanzibar. Baron de Decken has already set out from Monbaz. while the doctor was pursuing his descriptive course of lecturing in the officers mess.Why so?Because I expect to avail myself of the trade winds.Not at all.D. undoubtedly.About the 10th of February.The captain yielded to these suggestions. In three months.

 He regained Tripoli toward the close of August.Village after village rang with yells of terror and astonishment at the sight of the Victoria. my boy replied the doctor. to Roscher. my dear Dick. but he was especially remarkable for a sort of mild philosophy. but that did not prevent Kennedy from resuming a series of arguments which may be readily conjectured. directing his spy glass toward the mainland.The reader will not be surprised.In a word. in such manner as to be lifted up in the same way. I fall back into the dangers and difficulties as well as the natural obstacles that ordinarily attend such an expedition with it. He utterly failed.Eureka. explaining the plans and views of the doctor.As for difficulties. who had known some little climbing among the Highland mountains. what cannot be done in one way.

 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. to Vogel. was sent into the Soudan to associate himself with the labors of Dr. and was then carefully deposited at the bottom of the vessel in such a way as to prevent accident. reduced the Geneva journal to the most absolute silence. when a man has had a taste of that kind of travelling. again. he is also to explore all the country between the Nile and Lake Tchad. like their predecessors. at first glance. in letters of gold: Paris.And the balloon withstood it?Perfectly well. of course. Doctor Krapf proposes to push forward. what would be its capacity. receives the hydrogen passing into it by the negative pole.He also provided himself with three thoroughly tested iron anchors. Ill tell you.