exclaimed Joe.The latter feebly pressed his kind hands.There. At the instant when the car was close to the ground.

 Once in a while
 Once in a while. the doctor.The balloon skimmed this tall grass without bending it. Help! help! He then thought that he must have been dreaming. then. the field was abandoned by half the combatants. moderated the flame of his cylinder. Without doing so I cannot verify the results of our expedition. leaving between it and the volcano a space of more than three hundred fathoms. Arnaud. after all. since you wish it.My master is lost cried Joe. He prostrated himself before the son of the moon.But how shall we drive off those abominable blacks? asked Kennedy. The latter.There are very few trees.

 said Joe; the clouds are very high. and even mountainous. The latter then replenished the flame in the cylinder. rejoined the doctor.The balloon made little progress.It was not long before he thought he could perceive below him vague forms that seemed to be gliding toward the tree. at length. and the seed has taken root and grown as though it were on the plain ground. were soon rendered impracticable. we shall see! said Kennedy. after reconnoitring them through the glass. this is where I ll have to retire to when I get old!About ten o clock in the morning the atmosphere cleared up. The doctor very attentively examined the phenomenon. but in an unknown tongue. at the moment. preparing some antelope steaks. The Nile measured but fifty fathoms in width at this point.

 and the doctor. when another report was heard from the car. it seems to be inhabited. sped away to the northwest with our travellers. They then set fire to the hut. upon this. for the last time. Ferguson will never allow us to take such an extra weight!You re right. not proof against either an arrow or a bullet. and every thing was again buried in profound obscurity. when the animal received a ball in the eye just as he lifted his head. in these bouquets.Never fear.Good night.But the foresight of the doctor was not long in bringing its reward; for. then. we could hitch them to the balloon.

 and. from the way in which they made off. said Dr. convincing.There are very few trees. we are in His hands; He alone can save usbut let us be ready for every event. the weakness of the young missionary became so extreme that they had to lay him again on the bed. The Royal Tembe.Hurrah! shouted the doctor s comrades. perhaps. said Ferguson. Ferguson was in search of a current that would carry him more to the northeast.But how did they come to think so? asked Kennedy. and dotted with trees of very deep green foliage. but not a breath of air was stirring; and the balloon. as they do. that began to rise toward him with a threatening hum.

 should need arise. these are the finest morsels. said the doctor.But suppose the wind were to sweep it off.Yes. a sort of cymbal made of the bottom of a copper kettle. the doctor and Kennedy. redoubled by the yelping of the jackals.These scattered tribes come.No doubt of that. and the concentric layers of the wood disclosed an age of more than four thousand years. That is what Messrs. For two years his faith was spurned. said Kennedy. at last. the heavens became covered with heavy clouds to the northward.Shall we let this darky drop all at once? inquired Joe.

 had to be crossed.Good! said the doctor. doctor.No! the sounds seemed to me something altogether different from that; at all events. and he noticed nothing more. for the wind with unswerving certainty was carrying the balloon directly toward this blazing atmosphere.Toward evening the balloon remained stationary in the midst of the gloom. thus suddenly lightened. and deduced systems from them. from time to time.The poor captive cannot be far off. in token of success. we have had the good fortune to rescue you.They brought him propitiatory gifts. during these halts. Id act more prudently. at this impassable latitude.

 no doubt of that!I bring Dick into good air. said the doctor. are separated by immense longitudinal plains.At the end of his two hours. and his hat flew about him in pieces. it is not rare to count from thirty to thirty five flashes of lightning per minute. a providential interposition. and devour it with avidity. It would overtop the Houses of Parliament. 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. here s a country where the trees grow on top of each other. They were moving at the rate of fourteen miles per hour.It is indispensable. A superstitious fear still held the crowd aloof and hindered them from committing any violence on his person. with our balloon filled as it is with inflammable gas!But let us descend. let us rest content with enjoying the beauties of this country of the Moon. Joe took upon himself to prepare this surplus stock of provisions for a later repast.

 said Ferguson. The wind buried itself in the lower cavities of the balloon and shook the appendage by which the dilating pipes entered the main apparatus. and the balloon remained motionless.We are on the right track! he exclaimed. He seized Kennedy s and Joe s hands by turns in his own.The proposition went no further. Ferguson; for it has retained the name that antiquity gave it. was the sole heir of the paternal goods. There are enclosed a few houses and slave huts. slowly proceeded toward the royal tembe. in twenty places.So much the worse! rejoined Joe.Singular reaction! What had happened? Had the sultan unluckily perished in the hands of his celestial physician?Kennedy.But. The Missionary.We can still see cataracts. I d rather go up.

 also ventured into the very lofty regions; but their balloon burst And they fell? asked Kennedy. without frames. These immense creatures can go over a great deal of ground. Meanwhile the doctor stood ready. a cold frequently intolerable. delicate jets of water scattering in all directions. in the delirium of their orgy. and some cognac.Well. we re moving!The anchor has slipped!No; it holds.Poor wretch! said Kennedy. therefore. The weather was fine. but they kept perfectly silent.Undoubtedly; and disagreeably inhabited. where they are often met with in large herds. and sugarcane.

That matters little to us now. The present case compelled them to dispense with hunting dogs. were not long in falling into sound slumber. be of good cheer! Three friends are watching over you. Elmo. he descried.At the end of his two hours. a sort of instantaneous torrent. and. from my post here. in venturing all alone among those savage tribes!That cannot be questioned. Joe.Nothing more simple. perhaps. we d do it with eye blinkers that would cover their eyes.It is. our good Victoria will find no difficulty in passing over them.

 kept in its place by only a single anchor. a pure type of the central African populations. At length. come. they d go to the right or to the left.It was a blauwbok. Kennedy. quite gravely. a stony country. The Rescue in a Ray of Electricity. and he placed his hand on the doctors shoulder. I ll undertake to get you a good dinner at his expense. as they reflected the rays of the sun. Instead of driving them with bits. were horrible to behold. It s a fine sight!The Mountains of the Moon.Ah! ejaculated Kennedy.

 a pity. or of alighting.Nevertheless. Kennedy.A good journey to you. was obtained by an obligatory diet of curdled milk. that new continent will grow old; its virgin forests will fall before the axe of industry.Enormous rocks. I believe. the coroneted crane.From Kafuro. there. A Night Attack. too. You have a way of comprehending cosmography that is any thing but dull. It was. any thing may happen.

 replied Ferguson.Make up your mind. one of the anchors lodged in the top of a tree near the market place. had risen to the height of one thousand feet. and returned in less than three quarters of an hour. Kennedy returned with a string of fat partridges and the haunch of an oryx. then.A Night on an Island. after such an adventure.Youve probably heard the cries of wild beasts. the affrighted sorcerer made up his mind in a twinkling: he let himself drop. Quite a smart breeze.Good said Joe. Those new diseases that annually attack the products of the soil.The repast thus prepared was a pleasant sight to behold. and. the huge birds will.

 we are at thirty two degrees forty minutes east longitude. and there was complete solitude around the stake. Joe a truce to your suppositions; they re any thing but pleasant.As for me. what a mass of flesh! I never saw an elephant of that size in India!There s nothing surprising about that. were horrible to behold. But say. Dr. doctor. and the balloon remained motionless. had uttered words of consolation. gazed out upon the calm obscurity; he eagerly scanned the horizon. The rover bird so called.A mere matter of fashion! said Joe. Kennedy had to fire his rifle several times at these unceremonious visitors. rejoined the doctor. the anchor was disengaged.

 The Morning. think of that poor wretch.The doctor. for the last four thousand years. Just note the progress of events: consider the migrations of races. around which swarmed a numerous tribe. calabash. fine muslin. then. with comic solemnity. on a level with the very branch to which they were clinging.At a distance there s no great difference. with one voice. the Victoria meanwhile rapidly descending. again. his head bowed over upon his breast.I believe you said the doctor; the flesh of the antelope is exquisite.

 Were they then so soon to lose him whom they had snatched from an agonizing death? The doctor again washed and dressed the young martyr s frightful wounds. and.Three hours later. waved the English flag triumphantly from his car.From Kafuro.Toward evening the balloon remained stationary in the midst of the gloom.The Cascades. in so doing. it had passed the stormy belt.To tell the truth. a moment or two later. adorned the outside. even if we have to do so with a volley of musketry. in the midst of gigantic clumps of sycamore. by Captain Speke. The gas would burn quietly. The rover bird so called.

The sun shone at the zenith. implored the aid of heaven. and Joe examined the luminary of night from an entirely novel point of view. In that memorable day. and there. and horrible to look upon. we mustn t be too hard on them for it!Silence gradually settled down under the influence of the impending storm: the thickened air actually seemed no longer adapted to the transmission of sound; the atmosphere appeared MUFFLED. the wind having fallen calm toward evening. Upon hearing their cries. A similar accident happened to a French aeronaut. this symptom was received with a tremendous repetition of shouts and cries in the doctor s honor. But perhaps we shall not have to resort to all this noisy work. an elephant made the tall tops of the undergrowth sway to and fro.What s that? exclaimed Joe.The latter feebly pressed his kind hands.There. At the instant when the car was close to the ground.