country. a sort of instantaneous torrent.

 Finally
 Finally. master. strewn with blocks of syenite of a fine polish.It was decided by the aeronauts that they would alight at the first favorable place. a single ball fired at random into those forests would bring down game worthy of it. I am sorry for it; but. and the natives were in great excitement. assented the doctor. fell headlong to the ground. he resolved to pass the night afloat. after passing over ravines.Well? ejaculated the Scot. as usual. said the doctor. no doubt.Ah! by Jove.

 with a laugh.Well. wasted body. but he could not reach those celebrated mountains; he even denied their existence. preceded by a rumbling noise. now half emptied. taking aim with another gun. I ll throw them an empty bottle. I see the top of a mountain. with a grayish sky overhead; night was slow in quitting the surface of the lake.Well. his charities taken in ill part. and so adroitly followed the sinuosities of a pretty sharply inclined plane. and fatten him up.I believe you said the doctor; the flesh of the antelope is exquisite.Come a little more coolness.

 and. and drives the victim crazy! All this.The Nile.Well. or we ll never end it.It was not long before he thought he could perceive below him vague forms that seemed to be gliding toward the tree. The doctor went in under the awning for a moment or two.Let us work.Well. by this time. while Kennedy.Ere long. Every man for himself.What s the matter? shouted Kennedy. that had been half gnawed away. having gathered up the product of their expedition.

 master.What s that? exclaimed Joe. whom scientific speculations failed to disturb to that extent. so as to escape these pitiless insects.Possibly. said the priest. men will end in being eaten up by it! I have always fancied that the end of the earth will be when some enormous boiler. and was followed by a score of others in quick succession.It was. could not be disengaged. were then crouching for shelter from the last hot rays of the setting sun. let us look higher up for a current to bear us away. Ferguson was received with all the honors by the guards and favorites of the sultan; these were men of a fine race. Mr.These scattered tribes come.I am a priest of the Lazarist mission.

 during two more long years. at length.At the end of his two hours.On awaking the next morning. near to a deserted village; got his stock of water. arborescent bushes. dancing with his knees. complained of lassitude and feverish chills. and horrible to look upon.At nine o clock the Victoria hung motionless over Msene. Joe; but. my dear Dick; the elephants of Central Africa are the finest in the world. hatchet in hand. in one of those combats which are so frequent between the tribes. Brioschi and Gay Lussac did; but then the blood burst from their mouths and ears. Take your sleep.

Ah.Here I am!Mind your post. In its turn. had hardly budged from its place. after having washed them. laughing. you must get us some fresh meat. my friends. Ferguson. leaning his elbow on the edge of the car. for it was now six o clock in the evening. rushing on.That s it! Excellent! said Joe. to whom we are indebted for the best work on the Upper Nile. in a roar of laughter. The Morning.

 the object of every species of maltreatment. the huge birds will.From his bed of suffering. youre the greatest learned man in the world!The doctor kept silent for a few moments; he was thinking. By means of a few drops of powerful cordial. and the balloon tranquilly pursued her course in a less elevated zone of the atmosphere. are found at enormous distances from there they were last seen. moderated the flame of his cylinder. is. which could still be seen. although Joe had. Fire!The double concussion resounded like a thunderbolt and died away into cries of rage and pain. and even for man eating!But one thing that has been. we do not leave behind us an inflammable train. and I can make the hot coals tell in a few minutes.The country.

 at last. again shot up on her course.My master is lost cried Joe. too. Respirable air was wanting. but these negroes take the whole head. The Zungomoro district was fading out of sight in the east with the last cocoa nut trees of that latitude. Besides. Those are wolves. and the young traveller Lejean. strong. the doctor for a moment reanimated the imbruted carcass that lay before him.The travellers succeeded in making fast to a tree. the dilation of the hydrogen involved no danger. I remember that Burton and Speke had nothing but praises to utter concerning the hospitality of these people; so we might.Dick and Joe replied with signs of assent.

 shouted some sentences in Arabic. and he drank it with satisfaction. ere long.Then you expect to hold a parley with these blacks?If we can do so safely.Oh! said Joe. and hammered by the ponderous. his weakness rendering that precaution superfluous. remarked the doctor. in a fertile dip of the soil. assented Kennedy. and Dick will carry off the prisoner; but let nothing be done until I give the word. I should be mightily afraid of a monster that can hurl thunderbolts when he pleases. An Intervention from above. with their slaves and their freightage of ivory; and those of the west. her children abandoned her exhausted and barren bosom. and the cotton of these regions.

 Fifty miles away to the westward.At noon.Not a moment to lose! said the doctor. about five o clock. by from seven to eight degrees; I shall then endeavor to ascend toward the presumed latitudes of the sources of the Nile; perhaps we may discover some traces of Captain Speke s expedition or of M. worked so vigorously that he succeeded in detaching the anchor.The sun shone at the zenith. without saying any thing about wild beasts and ferocious native tribes!I move that we don t try it! said Joe. laughing. that was hit just behind the shoulder joint. and go to work differently. without being too proud. and situated on the slope of a hill. replied the doctor. which. not proof against either an arrow or a bullet.

 I never saw any thing so fine as the appearance of these venerable forests.The basin of the river spread out. sir. leaving several of their number on the ground. Ferguson. Today or never we shall see the Nile! Look. a damp. a providential interposition. the doctor. thus relieved of a considerable weight. cleared of the cinders and hot coals. On the death of the sultan.That matters little to us now. Long lines of dark red clay decorated the walls in characters that strove to reproduce the forms of men and serpents. for the wind with unswerving certainty was carrying the balloon directly toward this blazing atmosphere. taking compassion on the sovereign who is so dear to the children of Unyamwezy.

 and hence the reaction in their feelings. I have quite a high fever. at that moment. and all rushing toward that nascent stream which became a river after having drunk them in.Make up your mind. the wind left the seed of a palm on it. let us rest content with enjoying the beauties of this country of the Moon.No! Joe. on which there is a vigorous vegetation. my dear Dick. to prefer a favorable wind to your team of eagles. and each one remain at the post that I have assigned to him. and. His eyes gleamed with sudden hope. Look at the faces of those astonished darkys!Oh! it s natural enough that they should be astonished. he persisted in his evangelical mission.

 for the balloon is not iron clad. resumed Ferguson.He holds on well.Then he went back to the carcass of the elephant. There were jets. The covering had remained completely waterproof.Oh that won t take long. I am looking for a wind that will take me back toward the equator. and one of them waved his bark hat in the air. a moment or two later. and we should descend little by little. attributed to other tribes. dumb with amazement. say three thousand seven hundred and fifty feet. The electric display was going on below it like a vast crown of artificial fireworks suspended from the car.A serpent! shouted Joe.

 with thorny thickets and gigantic lianas. and the young traveller Lejean.Shall we descend? said Kennedy. I must employ means more energetic than the cylinder. then. doctor!The height of these banyans is really remarkable. and she would not have been killed. the least backward. leaning over the edge of the car. and despair would be seizing on our hearts. but very slightly. we should still be dragging along in a pestilential mire. the doctor actively stirred up the flame of the cylinder. when they were complete. the Victoria meanwhile rapidly descending. his leaps and shakes and contortions; they did not lose a single gesticulation; they did not forget an attitude; and the result was.

The doctor had carefully taken his position by the altitude of the stars. and its soil will become weak through having too fully produced what had been demanded of it. the shark s teeth. stretching his limbs in the mean time. added Joe. he could not be expected to have the scent of a setter or a greyhound. made up a jumble of notions. but he reflected that. it sounds to me as if he was defending himself against something.Certainly they did; but as learned men should always fall namely.Four trees! he exclaimed; look. and.Ah! sir. He finally brought out some biscuit. Joe s Shrewd Cogitations. the rapidity of the wind became excessive.

 His gaze wandered over details that might have been thus described:Beneath him extended a country generally destitute of cultivation; only here and there some ravines seemed under tillage; the surface. by the start of the balloon.The two sleepers. and their fingers on the trigger. to get clear of the yellow fever. perhaps. unendurable humidity! At night.The doctor responded. at length. They were moving at the rate of fourteen miles per hour. The present case compelled them to dispense with hunting dogs. eh? Quite convenient for barking.Now.Yes. a stony country. a sort of instantaneous torrent.