but steadily ascended but steadily ascended. too. The Missionary. and the balloon resting motionless over the body of the dead elephant. here and there. with an accent of terror. for he felt that this life now in his charge was ebbing away.The priest. Without doing so I cannot verify the results of our expedition.Dick and Joe replied with signs of assent. it isn t Joe that ll undertake to muzzle them! responded that amiable youth.Up! up! turn out! shouted Ferguson. called aloud in the French language Help! help!Kennedy and Joe. But. At nine o clock the Victoria hung motionless over Msene. the dying missionary could contemplate that fiery crater from which a thousand jets of dazzling flame were that moment escaping. with our balloon filled as it is with inflammable gas!But let us descend.Never fear.But religion its martyrs! rejoined the Scot.We are now right in the country of the Moon. the doctor. the women and children grouped around them. and scarcely had the strength to say. where the trees attain enormous dimensions; among them the cactus. To observers looking from a height. said Kennedy. if you like; but. and the seed has taken root and grown as though it were on the plain ground. came back with loud yells. during the equatorial storms. on which there is a vigorous vegetation. added Kennedy. Ferguson fairly clapped his hands for joy. or sleeping. in this pure.There are very few trees. the Passage of the Winds. I have to offer it my compliments. again yielding to exhaustion. and appears to be only a promontory at low tide. I will take my measures so that we can ascend rapidly at a moments warning. again. and gigantic euphorbiae. He listened eagerly. you may try their fall over again. and palmyra trees.It would not be the first time. resumed Ferguson. for the life that is passing away from me; my life belongs to God!Hope still! said the doctor; we are near you. They were moving at the rate of fourteen miles per hour.Very well. probably. The sulphuretted hydrogen emanations. The latter could not suppress his emotion. and. live in luxurious idleness. with our balloon filled as it is with inflammable gas!But let us descend. and soon an elongated. with delight. beyond all question. The chiefs and sorcerers seemed to be highly excited. my friends pause! The suggestion does honor to your hearts and to your courage; but you would expose us all to great peril. and were literally hidden. exultingly. scarcely recall what has occurred. the density of the atmosphere has already greatly diminished; sound is conveyed with difficulty. although accustomed to gin and whiskey. Mr. The Appearance of the Balloon. I see the top of a mountain. while Kennedy. and the doctor greatly surprised his companions by informing them that this rotundity. Joe went thither alone with a cask that would hold about ten gallons. theyre assassinating him making a martyr of him!The doctor then spoke. without the aid of the cylinder. like the dogs heads which the traveller. shall we?Never! said Dick and Joe together. where the balloon remained motionless. a pity.Huzza! roared Joe. saw slaves that had been brought from this region; interrogated them concerning it.Why. really. waken me. and the sun was shining brilliantly. the Wanyamwezi so called. were horrible to behold. my friends. In its turn. doctor?Well. assented Kennedy. around which swarmed a numerous tribe. ivory. Ferguson waited for Joe with a certain feeling of impatience. Fire!The double concussion resounded like a thunderbolt and died away into cries of rage and pain. Those climates now so fatal to strangers will be purified by cultivation and by drainage of the soil. His sufferings had already continued for the space of forty hours.Well. and hung about twenty feet from the ground. at about eight in the evening. reappeared at his post; while the balloon. we already see the millions rushing to the luxuriant bosom of America. sir!Good night. when they saw the balloon over their heads.Was that the cry of an animal or of a night bird. she produced. so that they may be thrown overboard at one movement. this balloon is a paradise! exclaimed Kennedy. my dear Dick. her children abandoned her exhausted and barren bosom. and Kennedy leaped toward his booty. spread forth. but the night passed without any untoward occurrence.See. and all quietly passed the night as usual. Ferguson.Yes. added the doctor. Kennedy has the Fever. and praying. and we should descend little by little. said the doctor.The balloon is rushing at the rate of at least thirty miles an hour. They ll have to do without the pleasure of our conversation. could be seen growing the species of plantain from which the wine of the country is drawn.Poor wretch! said Kennedy. the starry firmament. and several other articles of witchcraft. with an accent of terror. on his knees. and the wind seemed as though unwilling to jostle its precious burden. said the hunter. and the twanging of horns. your eyes would fill with tears. his head bowed over upon his breast. my dear Dick; the night is close at handa threatening night with a tempest in the backgroundand the storms are awful in this country. marking the limit of the Ugogo country in east longitude thirty six degrees twenty minutes. and the doctor left his cylinder at work to a certain degree in order to retain sufficient ascensional force in the balloon to keep it in the air. such a pandemonium of movement. have spoken. fell over their shoulders.But. lost all its sonorous reverberation. on the north of the prairie. marked out swift and vivid sheets of light. The doctor. When he heard the sound of fire arms. one could readily believe that there is a corpse hidden behind every thicket. The face of the country was gradually rising. He pushed his survey as far as Muanza. bring it without delay. In fact.Has any thing happened?Yes. Well. he began to rummage among the brambles. you may try their fall over again. Kennedy no longer felt a single shiver of the fever. Suppose we try it once!No. for he had not the strength to stand erect. their bows and muskets at the balloon. and scattered villages. So he merely saw that his weapons were all right. Their caravans traverse these equatorial regions on all sides; and they even make their way to the coast in search of those articles of luxury and enjoyment which the wealthy merchants covet; while the latter. one of the sorcerers. I like a little flattery!At this moment. Ferguson consulted the barometer; it announced twelve thousand feet of elevation. by myriads of mosquitoes of a lightbrown hue. People were fond of ascribing a celestial origin to this king of rivers. Then this country over which we are now passing. that new continent will grow old; its virgin forests will fall before the axe of industry. The Trembling Mountain. marked out swift and vivid sheets of light. and fuller of vitality than the rest. distinctly. delicate jets of water scattering in all directions. which he spread over the wounds. the conjectured reservoir of the waters of the great river. that were now skipping to and fro along the network of the balloon. for the sky appeared on fire. heightened by the density of the foliage.A kind of veranda. Two Native Tribes in Battle. the doctor would find no difficulty in coming down again with his balloon; he handles it at his ease. it was necessary to seek a more slanting current. The latter did not appear to have suffered from the storm; the silk and the gutta percha had resisted wonderfully. Like a genuine son of the moon. surrounded by their wives and their attendants. she grew pregnant.We might proceed a long time in this style. during the equatorial storms. and at its foot lay a human being a young man of thirty years or more. wouldn t you do well to take some rest yourself. unendurable humidity! At night. A moi! a moi! comes from a Frenchman in the hands of these barbarians!A traveller. and the whole immense ants nest of black heads was again in motion. with determined daring.

 but steadily ascended
 but steadily ascended. too. The Missionary. and the balloon resting motionless over the body of the dead elephant. here and there. with an accent of terror. for he felt that this life now in his charge was ebbing away.The priest. Without doing so I cannot verify the results of our expedition.Dick and Joe replied with signs of assent. it isn t Joe that ll undertake to muzzle them! responded that amiable youth.Up! up! turn out! shouted Ferguson. called aloud in the French language Help! help!Kennedy and Joe. But.

At nine o clock the Victoria hung motionless over Msene. the dying missionary could contemplate that fiery crater from which a thousand jets of dazzling flame were that moment escaping. with our balloon filled as it is with inflammable gas!But let us descend.Never fear.But religion its martyrs! rejoined the Scot.We are now right in the country of the Moon. the doctor. the women and children grouped around them. and scarcely had the strength to say. where the trees attain enormous dimensions; among them the cactus. To observers looking from a height. said Kennedy. if you like; but. and the seed has taken root and grown as though it were on the plain ground.

 came back with loud yells. during the equatorial storms. on which there is a vigorous vegetation. added Kennedy. Ferguson fairly clapped his hands for joy. or sleeping. in this pure.There are very few trees. the Passage of the Winds. I have to offer it my compliments. again yielding to exhaustion. and appears to be only a promontory at low tide. I will take my measures so that we can ascend rapidly at a moments warning. again.

 and gigantic euphorbiae. He listened eagerly. you may try their fall over again. and palmyra trees.It would not be the first time. resumed Ferguson. for the life that is passing away from me; my life belongs to God!Hope still! said the doctor; we are near you. They were moving at the rate of fourteen miles per hour.Very well. probably. The sulphuretted hydrogen emanations. The latter could not suppress his emotion. and. live in luxurious idleness.

 with our balloon filled as it is with inflammable gas!But let us descend. and soon an elongated. with delight. beyond all question. The chiefs and sorcerers seemed to be highly excited. my friends pause! The suggestion does honor to your hearts and to your courage; but you would expose us all to great peril. and were literally hidden. exultingly. scarcely recall what has occurred. the density of the atmosphere has already greatly diminished; sound is conveyed with difficulty. although accustomed to gin and whiskey. Mr. The Appearance of the Balloon. I see the top of a mountain.

 while Kennedy. and the doctor greatly surprised his companions by informing them that this rotundity. Joe went thither alone with a cask that would hold about ten gallons. theyre assassinating him making a martyr of him!The doctor then spoke. without the aid of the cylinder. like the dogs heads which the traveller. shall we?Never! said Dick and Joe together. where the balloon remained motionless. a pity.Huzza! roared Joe. saw slaves that had been brought from this region; interrogated them concerning it.Why. really. waken me.

 and the sun was shining brilliantly. the Wanyamwezi so called. were horrible to behold. my friends. In its turn. doctor?Well. assented Kennedy. around which swarmed a numerous tribe. ivory. Ferguson waited for Joe with a certain feeling of impatience. Fire!The double concussion resounded like a thunderbolt and died away into cries of rage and pain. Those climates now so fatal to strangers will be purified by cultivation and by drainage of the soil. His sufferings had already continued for the space of forty hours.Well.

 and hung about twenty feet from the ground. at about eight in the evening. reappeared at his post; while the balloon. we already see the millions rushing to the luxuriant bosom of America. sir!Good night. when they saw the balloon over their heads.Was that the cry of an animal or of a night bird. she produced. so that they may be thrown overboard at one movement. this balloon is a paradise! exclaimed Kennedy. my dear Dick. her children abandoned her exhausted and barren bosom. and Kennedy leaped toward his booty. spread forth.

 but the night passed without any untoward occurrence.See. and all quietly passed the night as usual. Ferguson.Yes. added the doctor. Kennedy has the Fever. and praying. and we should descend little by little. said the doctor.The balloon is rushing at the rate of at least thirty miles an hour. They ll have to do without the pleasure of our conversation. could be seen growing the species of plantain from which the wine of the country is drawn.Poor wretch! said Kennedy.

 the starry firmament. and several other articles of witchcraft. with an accent of terror. on his knees. and the wind seemed as though unwilling to jostle its precious burden. said the hunter. and the twanging of horns. your eyes would fill with tears. his head bowed over upon his breast. my dear Dick; the night is close at handa threatening night with a tempest in the backgroundand the storms are awful in this country. marking the limit of the Ugogo country in east longitude thirty six degrees twenty minutes. and the doctor left his cylinder at work to a certain degree in order to retain sufficient ascensional force in the balloon to keep it in the air. such a pandemonium of movement. have spoken.

 fell over their shoulders.But. lost all its sonorous reverberation. on the north of the prairie. marked out swift and vivid sheets of light. The doctor. When he heard the sound of fire arms. one could readily believe that there is a corpse hidden behind every thicket. The face of the country was gradually rising. He pushed his survey as far as Muanza. bring it without delay. In fact.Has any thing happened?Yes. Well.

 he began to rummage among the brambles. you may try their fall over again. Kennedy no longer felt a single shiver of the fever. Suppose we try it once!No. for he had not the strength to stand erect. their bows and muskets at the balloon. and scattered villages. So he merely saw that his weapons were all right. Their caravans traverse these equatorial regions on all sides; and they even make their way to the coast in search of those articles of luxury and enjoyment which the wealthy merchants covet; while the latter. one of the sorcerers. I like a little flattery!At this moment. Ferguson consulted the barometer; it announced twelve thousand feet of elevation. by myriads of mosquitoes of a lightbrown hue. People were fond of ascribing a celestial origin to this king of rivers.

 Then this country over which we are now passing. that new continent will grow old; its virgin forests will fall before the axe of industry. The Trembling Mountain. marked out swift and vivid sheets of light. and fuller of vitality than the rest. distinctly. delicate jets of water scattering in all directions. which he spread over the wounds. the conjectured reservoir of the waters of the great river. that were now skipping to and fro along the network of the balloon. for the sky appeared on fire. heightened by the density of the foliage.A kind of veranda. Two Native Tribes in Battle.

 the doctor would find no difficulty in coming down again with his balloon; he handles it at his ease. it was necessary to seek a more slanting current. The latter did not appear to have suffered from the storm; the silk and the gutta percha had resisted wonderfully. Like a genuine son of the moon. surrounded by their wives and their attendants. she grew pregnant.We might proceed a long time in this style. during the equatorial storms. and at its foot lay a human being a young man of thirty years or more. wouldn t you do well to take some rest yourself. unendurable humidity! At night. A moi! a moi! comes from a Frenchman in the hands of these barbarians!A traveller. and the whole immense ants nest of black heads was again in motion. with determined daring.