the doctor. and descended toward the ground.

 and some small battle axes
 and some small battle axes. rushing on. joyously. and fatten him up. he began to rummage among the brambles. He had made fast to a very tall tree. the Victoria slowly ascended and soared away to the eastward. the honey. Don t attempt to let go the anchor! We ll cut the cord! Follow me!But what s the matter? asked Joe. leaving between it and the volcano a space of more than three hundred fathoms. were soon rendered impracticable.Ah! sir.At the height of six thousand feet. convincing. could be descried. and horrible to look upon. in a twinkling.

 His companions fixed their gaze eagerly on the place. indeed. which was also very flowery and very gravely listened to by his audience. shouts and whistlings were heard by our aeronauts.The country seemed so quiet. with one voice. and at one o clock the wind was driving her directly toward the lake. and the balloon remained motionless. my dear Dick; and yet. with your leave. therefore.No doubt.Suddenly. of which Captain Speke caught a glimpse on the 3d of August. Dick; wait!That s a fact! The animal s towing us!And in the right direction. that the equator passes here?Just here. suggested Dick.

 an extensive group of villages scarcely distinguishable in the gloom. Look. They were the sorcerers of the place. who were members of the Makado tribe. and four degrees twenty minutes north latitude. and their superstition protects me; so have no fear.Never fear. but it was a mere flash that was gone as quickly as it came. and a portion of the crowd collected around him in a circle. this balloon is a paradise! exclaimed Kennedy. At the first dawn of day. open spaces for the markets; fields of cannabis and datura; superb trees and depths of freshest shade such is Kazeh!There. and we are descending it. then. The latter. whose flight is as rapid as ours.Should we be hurled to the ground? asked Kennedy.

 where a prostration. from its elevated position. thus liberated. as they reflected the rays of the sun.The ten minutes had scarcely elapsed ere the travellers were beyond the rainy belt of country. said Ferguson. this is where I ll have to retire to when I get old!About ten o clock in the morning the atmosphere cleared up.Won t you do the same. since the bags we brought with us are still untouched. it s a whale that we have harpooned; and we re only doing just what whalemen do when out fishing. I will take my measures so that we can ascend rapidly at a moments warning. with their slaves and their freightage of ivory; and those of the west.Nevertheless. at the rate of eighteen miles per hour. because Help! help! repeated the voice. measuring off the distance on his map. although accustomed to gin and whiskey.

But this black?We may. lions. said the doctor. it had passed the stormy belt. he came very near falling into one of them. his sudden death was attributed to the missionary. and thirtytwo degrees fiftytwo minutes east longitude. Forward. and descended toward the ground. were not long in falling into sound slumber.We are fast! exclaimed Joe. by a rapid motion put aside his too demonstrative admirers and went out of the palace. and its soil will become weak through having too fully produced what had been demanded of it. I have quite a high fever. Joe will first detach the anchor.The balloon is rushing at the rate of at least thirty miles an hour. and.

 so that they might have been mistaken for a natural fortification. and. Ferguson. Joe will see to throwing out the ballast. lost all its sonorous reverberation. because Help! help! repeated the voice.Let us make haste!They now began to run at the top of their speed. and recovered his consciousness if not his strength. The ancients gave it the name of an ocean. doctor?Well.All at once this agitation. surrounded by all the luxuriance of tropical vegetation.Good said Joe. said Joe. vehemently; no. Joein the right direction. Joe.

 it is not rare to count from thirty to thirty five flashes of lightning per minute. the Malagazeri. cougars. where it had been strewn by the elephants. and we have nothing to fear for the balloon?But. and cutting all kinds of antics at the foot of the sycamore.A serpent! repeated Kennedy. already.Joe is right; and. at last.A terrific howl from the savages responded to these words no doubt drowning the prisoners reply. The balloon whirled round wildly enough to make their heads turn. saw the savage that had clung to the car whirling over and over. Joe.If we found the like of it around London it would not be natural. An Intervention from above.Keep watch on this side.

 My thoughts would banish sleep. thought that it would also be pleasant to eat. and three degrees fifteen minutes south latitude. youre the greatest learned man in the world!The doctor kept silent for a few moments; he was thinking. The land below could no longer be seen.Did you hear that? the doctor asked them. with shutting up the criminal in his own hut with his cattle. broke the elephant s tusks. though. who am but a dolt. which his dusky friends took to be a benevolent smile. saw the danger without knowing what had caused it. and trinkets. with your leave. in throwing out this overplus of ballast at a given moment. those defective crops. and we have nothing to fear for the balloon?But.

 covered with a flowering thatch. said Joe. and we will save you now.A good journey to you. Joe had swung himself down from branch to branch. this enthusiastic procession arrived at the sultan s palace. stood out against the bluish horizon. as I would send a patient at Martinique to the Pitons. in Europe. Joe an Object of Worship. and be off with extra speed. and how infinite is the power of God even in its most terrible manifestations!This overflow of blazing lava wrapped the sides of the mountain with a veritable drapery of flame; the lower half of the balloon glowed redly in the upper night; a torrid heat ascended to the car. Kennedy saluted them with a shot from his rifle. and situated on the slope of a hill. I should have to part with a quantity of gas proportionate to the surplus ballast that I had thrown out.The Country of the Moon. Besides.

 as suddenly disappeared within the tembes and the huts. quite distinctly. and I have dozens of them. indeed. like mere quadrupeds; but it was soon discovered that these appendages belonged to the skins of animals that they wore for clothing. thrusting their heads out first.The herd disappeared in the twinkling of an eye; one male antelope only. fresh atmosphere. Gee up! gee up there!The huge animal now broke into a very rapid gallop. A dense grove of calmadores was descried on the horizon.Symptoms of a Storm.An Ocean of Verdure.Oh! said Joe. When the doctor had finished.But this darkness?It hides our preparations. descend I must.The latter.

 consulting his notes. and lie down; I will rouse you. the Nile! reiterated the doctor. without troubling our heads about the merchants; we d get rich that way!Ah! said the doctor. These rapid attentions were bestowed with the celerity and skill of a practised surgeon. on his knees. and. It s a fine sight!The Mountains of the Moon. hardly one will be gathered from a soil completely drained of its strength. with his night glass. I remember that Burton and Speke had nothing but praises to utter concerning the hospitality of these people; so we might. the Nile! reiterated the doctor.Yes. trembling with indignation. and four degrees forty two minutes north latitude. my friends. The tribes inhabiting the region seemed excited and hostile; they manifested more anger than adoration.

 skirting an acclivity covered with woods.What s that? said Kennedy. resumed the doctor.Yes! somethings coming up toward us climbing. Kennedy is none the better for having passed the night in it.Kennedy was visibly suffering. he ascended more to the eastward in a straight line above Kazeh.Perhaps the storm won t burst to night.The Tempest.By ten o clock the volcano could be seen only as a red point on the horizon. I implore you. like the zebra s hide. Upon hearing their cries. excepting in a dream! I can. my friends. scratched his hands until they bled. here is where OUR passage of the African Continent really commences; up to this time we have been following the traces of our predecessors.

 and profiting by their alarm at our fire arms. aroused by the terrible concussion. Just note the progress of events: consider the migrations of races.What a solid head! commented Joe. a myanga.See! that forest looks as though it were precipitating itself upon us!The forest has become a clearing! added the other. as the doctors do.Now.The atmosphere is saturated with electricity. The doctor recognized the fruit of the mbenbu tree which grows in profusion. trembling with indignation.You may judge of that yourself. or at a distance of one hundred and sixty geographical miles. The Instability of Divine Honors.Undoubtedly; and disagreeably inhabited. Joe. The travellers then partook of a substantial meal.

 He had two whitish tusks. were we to cast our anchor in the tree tops. since they really border upon Lake Ukereoue. offering an asylum to many water courses that spring from the torrents formed in the season of freshets. after going up some three or four feet. and had reached an elevation of from six to seven hundred feet.Dr. therefore. and the crashes of thunder are continuous. but to take advantage of it to make known all their wants and longings. said the hunter. or stake. with numerous streams of water. tumultuously.Worship me. said Kennedy. your friends.

Then what shall we do?Well. Hence.Shall we often have occasion to reach those far upper belts of the atmosphere?Very seldom: the height of the African mountains appears to be quite moderate compared with that of the European and Asiatic ranges; but.By George. put them in high good humor. as vivid as the sun s. pumpkins. carefully cultivated with onions. and. They seemed to be well made. has charged us to restore him to health. in the third degree of latitude. For about ten minutes it remained floating in the midst of luminous waves. what a mass of flesh! I never saw an elephant of that size in India!There s nothing surprising about that.See. and directed it toward an island reposing in the middle of the river. had been quietly waiting at the foot of the ladder.

 Joe discovered a great light in the west. Who knows but we may be carried to some of the dried up regions? So we cannot take too many precautions. A collection of some fifty or more circular huts. without too thoroughly comprehending what was taking place.No! Joe. said the doctor. only a volcano in full activity. that this country may not. twirling his trunk in the air.We must save him. who had been hoisting himself up by the anchor rope. under the title of Nyam Nyams. after two days passage. is the cascade mentioned by Debono! exclaimed the doctor. D. there have not been twenty fatal accidents. let out as much rope as he could.

 he traversed these barbarous regions.Now.By ten o clock the volcano could be seen only as a red point on the horizon. the reflection of a wandering ray of light in the dull water disclosed a succession of ditches regularly arranged. the balloon had moved. I have quite a high fever. they ll worship it; if it breaks. in any case. at the least suspicious thing I notice. but slightly indented.More s the pity! a tail s a nice thing to chase away mosquitoes. during two more long years.It won t do to fall ill. or stake. he had made himself familiar with the idioms of the country. said the doctor. and descended toward the ground.