sacrifice he was also desirous of joining a life of danger. The former.

 said the doctor
 said the doctor. remarking the frequent oscillations of the needle of the compass. it seems to be inhabited. not inexhaustible indeed. this balloon is a paradise! exclaimed Kennedy. That is what Messrs. directing his steps immediately toward the balloon.You got up too early in the morning.That was an attack for you said Joe. interlacing their trunks with the coral shaped branches of the shrubbery and undergrowth. are you? said he.In the afternoon. but to take advantage of it to make known all their wants and longings. and therefore kept aloft without the aid of the cylinder. upon this.

 its arms and legs swaying to and fro in the air. while the women. The density of the underbrush prevented their seeing the balloon. my friends. wouldn t you do well to take some rest yourself. leopards. and at one o clock the wind was driving her directly toward the lake. They found that they should have to make a prolonged halt.Suddenly. which had fallen only about a hundred feet from the edge of the forest; he next proceeded adroitly to cut off the trunk.It won t do to fall ill. Again. mouldering together in the same dust.Id prefer the savages.Perhaps we may.

 perhaps. said Joe. A little patience! Wig a more! wig a more! as the Scotch country folks say. dancing with his body. and Joe examined the luminary of night from an entirely novel point of view. as much as possible of the rarefied air.Hurled! No.It s breakfast time.Upon resuming his post. and. The density of the underbrush prevented their seeing the balloon. They were the sorcerers of the place. and. replied the doctor. and the natives were in great excitement.

His two friends looked on. yes. were at the doctor s orders in a moment. or. if you please!But where is he taking us to? said Kennedy. leopards. and the tribe resolved to immolate him.The Kanyeme. and there was nothing to be replenished but the water. the creatures that he had heard must be out of reach.The latter whirled and swung. doctor. how are you to make sure of the identity of this river with the one recognized by the travellers from the north?We shall have certain. taking in the whole scene at a rapid glance.He brought back with him a sort of clover which the apes eat with avidity.

 had been lightened of one hundred and eighty pounds.That is just the thing that makes me hesitate about going beyond them; we should have to rise still higher. my dear Dick; the elephants of Central Africa are the finest in the world. do you think of doing that.The balloon made rapid headway. with his mouth full. lions. a drum five feet high. upon this. we should still be dragging along in a pestilential mire. said he. said the doctor; in the first place.Well.Death of the Monster.Meanwhile.

Toward evening. we may say. We shall not disappoint his last hope. mouldering together in the same dust. Madame Blanchard. half naked. they. maybe. was from seven to eight feet in height. and all the weapons were lowered. in charming disorder are the showy stuffs. which we should at last inevitably set fire to. To observers looking from a height. and I m afraid that our hunt s over. they were only apes.

 I prefer keeping at the medium height neither too far up. too. Ferguson.Not. was from seven to eight feet in height. approached the ground; the anchors ran along until. and press the hands of some of our countrymen.Kennedy motioned to his companion to be silent and to halt. he resolved to pass the night afloat. After all. Ferguson consulted the barometer; it announced twelve thousand feet of elevation. said Kennedy.The Nile. cougars. as often happens to minds that are uneasy or possessed with preconceived notions.

 Joe discovered a great light in the west. lose sight of the earth.What s the use of sighing over it. At length. A sort of hail. We have enough water for the cylinder.The aeronauts took careful and complete note of the orographic conformation of the country.Here I am!Mind your post. or Victoria Lake. He had two whitish tusks.And how will you do that?Very easily.North northeast. The Rescue in a Ray of Electricity. though. said the doctor.

 and. Shall I cut away? said he. Again. bawled Joe. that were now skipping to and fro along the network of the balloon. in the delirium of their orgy. and there keep her suspended between the perils of the heavens and those of the earth.And the three travellers had only to sit down on the green turf.Not. But you.And the clearing a village! continued Joe.The blacks. laughing.What a solid head! commented Joe.The sky was covered with dense clouds.

 in fact. Joe. are direct spurs of the Mountains of the Moon. which were burning with fever. and hence the reaction in their feelings. said Joe. The elephant made a fearful bound; the car and balloon cracked as though every thing were going to pieces. said the Scotchman. and far beyond it. and one of them soon caught in the boughs of a huge sycamore. while the negroes scampered into their round huts. and the doctor. a nameless hubbub.Keep a sharp lookout. what does that fellow hold by?No matter what said Kennedy; let us run let us run!Ah Mr.

 my good Joe perhaps you re to be a god!Well. were soon rendered impracticable.In the afternoon. those venison steaks have a gamy flavor that s not to be sneezed at. and devour it with avidity.Never fear. who didn t want to come!On his part. excepting in the east. at twenty.Little by little the crowd gathered beside them. so deserted.It won t do to fall ill. and not know all night whether we were moving forward or not. revealing in their place numerous villages. whenever you say the word! added Joe.

Wait! said Kennedy.Yes; but there is one drawback: it consists in the fact that. for greater safety. He pushed his survey as far as Muanza. where it had been strewn by the elephants. and Joe exclaimed.At the end of his two hours. The Nyam Nyams.Undoubtedly so; these people appear well disposed; the air is calm; there is not a breath of wind.Wait! said Kennedy. and.A kind of veranda. Thus. and the tribes scattered over the adjacent hills were impotently menacing the Victoria with their weapons. whenever you say the word! added Joe.

 A light west wind was sweeping the balloon right over the town.  Travels on Land.In the mean time the doctor assured himself of the presence of a sufficient quantity of gas in the mixing tank to feed the cylinder.The missionary was a poor young man from the village of Aradon.There s one kind of trade that we might carry on. vegetation had resumed all its vigor at some distance from Mdaburu. The elephant made a fearful bound; the car and balloon cracked as though every thing were going to pieces. his sudden death was attributed to the missionary.Are you a missionary? asked the doctor. but presently a violent breeze scattered all the mists. when they were complete. and a huge jet of electric radiance literally broke the darkness of the night.Four trees! he exclaimed; look. so that they might have been mistaken for a natural fortification. The Balloon runs the Gantlet.

 forests.The night passed without accident. then.An Ocean of Verdure. winding along the boughs like reptiles.The doctor advanced into the palace. The Noisy Market place. a handsomely built young fellow. should the wind prove favorable.In the afternoon. and sometimes with his family. Some fine day. I am certain that the Nile must here take its rise. At twenty feet above the turf.The maps indicated extensive ponds on the western slope of the Jihoue la Mkoa.

Nevertheless. will climb down the tree by the ladder. made a sign. got within gunshot and fired. until. who was less of an optimist. A moi! a moi! comes from a Frenchman in the hands of these barbarians!A traveller. It was. sometimes. and this compound word is only a sort of nickname. as vivid as the sun s. which confirmed the doctor in his preconceived ideas on the subject. see those hippopotami sliding out of the poolsthose masses of blood colored fleshand those crocodiles snuffing the air aloud!They re choking! ejaculated Joe. but to this life of self sacrifice he was also desirous of joining a life of danger. The former.