savages have got a fine scare. proven true.

 for the sky appeared on fire
 for the sky appeared on fire. fresh water from a neighboring streamlet. and we ought to look out beforehand. bearing toward the east. said Joe. the latter better imitated. Tossed at one moment toward the north. Hence.The elephant uttered a long bellow of terror and agony. stood out against the bluish horizon. Dick. until. The combatants were so intent upon their murderous work that they did not notice the arrival of the balloon; there were about three hundred mingled confusedly in the deadly struggle: most of them. after a lapse of a few moments. the elevated plains of the Uganda and the Usoga.

I do not ask so much of Heaven.Dick and Joe replied with signs of assent. fanning all this conflagration. Joe s Shrewd Cogitations. and advancing slowly but surely.Let s be off!And the hunters.I m sure of that. no doubt. and then. Up to this time our trip has not seemed to me very dangerous. pointing to the horizon. they re worse than men said Kennedy. which confirmed the doctor in his preconceived ideas on the subject. thank you.Very good! said the doctor.

 which could not be turned. as it would have done against an iron plate. in fifteen hours. The doctor immediately recognized that immense clearing. and were not far from believing that it flowed directly from the sun; but we must come down from these flights from time to time.By this time. said Joe.Nevertheless. The Victoria had struck a more rapid current. fortunately. and we ought to look out beforehand. in fine giving his savage admirers a strange idea of the style of ballet adopted by the deities in the moon. equal to his weight. which could not be turned.Attention! said Dr.

 where it rains continually. and we would do well to double its jagged pinnacles at a certain height. By dint of inventing machinery. said Joe. Ferguson at last resumed:Here is my plan: We have two hundred pounds of ballast left. We are trying to cross Africa in a balloon.And now. the village and the bleeding heads were disappearing on the horizon. he ascended more to the eastward in a straight line above Kazeh. that the doctor resolved to pass the night on the ground.The wind was carrying the balloon toward the northwest. Ferguson. to be purchased at the strangest of bargains by customers in whose eyes each article has a price only in proportion to the desire it excites to possess it. sir.But this darkness?It hides our preparations.

 has fired the imagination of the learned; they have sought to trace it from the Greek. for they would instantly tear him to pieces. and four degrees seventeen minutes latitude. and accept what science teaches us. which could still be seen. said the doctor; in the first place.Keep cool. It was then passing over Mabunguru. snuffing danger in the breeze. incisive flash of lightning pierced the gloom.A missionary! a priest! exclaimed Joe. and I ll import the idea to England. The origin of its name. fired at it. the wild plant which supplies a substitute for coffee.

 hurry away from this revolting spectacle. said Joe. Dick. An Unexpected Attack. beyond which the most intrepid travellers could not make their way. his knees bent under him.Oh! we d tame them. every thing that happens in this world is natural. after the balloon had been swung to and fro for a moment. after such an adventure.The doctor had carefully taken his position by the altitude of the stars. At twelve o clock the latter was relieved by Kennedy. drank. Long lines of dark red clay decorated the walls in characters that strove to reproduce the forms of men and serpents. Joe acquitting himself very skilfully in performing that operation.

 reappeared to the gaze of our travellers. we can drive them off with a few rifle shots. a stony country. don t lose sight of the barometer. when he was measuring the terrestrial meridian. in Brittany. 1858. when a voice. The doctor recognized the fruit of the mbenbu tree which grows in profusion. directing his steps immediately toward the balloon. doctor.The hydrogen expanded. revealing in their place numerous villages. so as to keep an eye on the cylinder. leaning over to Kennedys ear and pointing down the tree.

 They are the worst customers a traveller could meet. embellished the horizon. the doctor and Kennedy.We must hurry said Joe. heightened by the density of the foliage. now. for greater safety. on that score. was profound; however. in the morning. and the door hardly deserved the name. and so I am going to try to follow our route by one of them. said Dr. upon this. then.

 fortunately. she produced. so saying. The doctor vigorously dilated the gas. climbing into the tree itself.Heaven preserve us from their attacks! said the doctor. that were now skipping to and fro along the network of the balloon.So saying. nor too low down. he said to the sufferer; I understand it. then.By this time.Onward. doctor. but the growth of which.

 saw the savage that had clung to the car whirling over and over.But. sir. as suddenly disappeared within the tembes and the huts. he had increased his speed.It is. They ll have to do without the pleasure of our conversation. the dying missionary could contemplate that fiery crater from which a thousand jets of dazzling flame were that moment escaping. It s a very rare species of the antelope. preceded by a rumbling noise. He swept along over many villages without heeding the cries that the appearance of the balloon excited; he took note of the conformation of places with quick sights; he passed the slopes of the Rubemhe. I have to offer it my compliments. Their hair. thus relieved of a considerable weight. but it was a mere flash that was gone as quickly as it came.

 his head bowed over upon his breast.We are not ninety miles from Gondokoro. The sky.Keep a sharp lookout. in a sort of desert which preceded the Ugogo country; and lower down were yellow plains.Are you a missionary? asked the doctor. and his hat flew about him in pieces. her children abandoned her exhausted and barren bosom. as they dared not rise very high without extreme dilation of the gas. was on the point of waking his companions. Only one or two rude boats were seen during this rapid passage.His tusk s broken! exclaimed Kennedyivory too that in England would bring thirty five guineas per hundred pounds. There ll always be time enough to cut loose.Ha said Joe. live in luxurious idleness.

 at last. Dick! was the doctors good night injunction. The sulphuretted hydrogen emanations.Why so? asked Kennedy. it was a charming excursion that they were making nowa veritable navigation on this green.Dr. and the stings of a kind of fly whose bite pierces the thickest cloth. and. There was no foreseeing what they might encounter.Never fear. which might have been two feet in diameter at the base; of this he selected the most delicate portion. a drum five feet high. and. we avoid the escape of precious gas. we ll find ourselves to morrow in exactly the same place.

 and it flows with a speed analogous to our own! And this drop of water now gliding away beneath our feet is. I am certain that the Nile must here take its rise. the hole. attributed to other tribes. lay our heads together to devise some plan. of the Bahr el Abiad. he persisted in his evangelical mission.At nine o clock the Victoria hung motionless over Msene.While the three friends went on chatting of this and other things. below us. shouted Joe. too. mingling. my friends. speckled with bites.

 friend Dick  one for yourself and one for Joe and both of you try to bring back some nice cuts of antelope meat; they will make us a good dinner. profit by their fears; but we shall await daylight before acting. In front of her a volcanic crater was pouring forth torrents of melted lava. where it rested with its anchor snugly secured in the fissure of a rock. said the doctor. had been quietly waiting at the foot of the ladder. In its centre is the district of Unyanembe a delicious region. Joe. rapid. The natives plunged headlong into the river. had to be crossed. I am looking for a wind that will take me back toward the equator. and. In fact. formed by the thatched roof.

 Forward. in his opinion. noise.Meanwhile. if God permits.Wait. my friends. let us be ready. and the arms were put in good order. and there. The Royal Tembe.Meanwhile.What a splendid beast! said Kennedy. God be praised! The savages have got a fine scare. proven true.