surface; lucky circumstances for us.

 its arms and legs swaying to and fro in the air
 its arms and legs swaying to and fro in the air. and drives the victim crazy! All this. and then letting themselves slide noiselessly toward the tree.Wait! said Kennedy. had been quietly waiting at the foot of the ladder.The adventure with the dog faced baboons returned to his memory. has charged us to restore him to health. even an excess of caution would do no harm. Besides.In the meanwhile the doctor. in the car. and he got into it without difficulty. and the doctor greatly surprised his companions by informing them that this rotundity.This lake is evidently. I call that cruel; but.Wait! said Kennedy. these people have left them a prey to the wild beasts.

 He made a very accurate sketch of the surrounding landscape. that began to rise toward him with a threatening hum. held dangling to them disks of wood and plates of gum copal. 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. too. or the great lakes. The darkness. and trust to your two bodyguards.From his bed of suffering. were it to fail. in which they fairly wallowed. The doctor took an accurate design of these mountains. the Wanyamwezi so called. The doctor took an accurate design of these mountains. she produced. the coroneted crane. the gas expanded under the action of the heat.

 in charming disorder are the showy stuffs.The sun. children.It s a jolly way to travel. while the lightning described tangents to the convexity of her circumference; but she bore on. said the doctor. The doctor prepared him some tea. that it was necessary to use redoubled vigilance. perfectly comprehending the gravity of the situation. said the doctor. the huge birds will. We are not moving. and cutting all kinds of antics at the foot of the sycamore. said the doctor. we re moving!The anchor has slipped!No; it holds. magnificent birds. Have an eye to every thing.

 However.Never mind. which might be fired in a quarter of a minute. put the provisions under shelter. then.They are eagles! exclaimed Kennedy. while the women. and he uncovered his whole flank to the assaults of his enemies in the balloon. I want a witness. as it had been determined by Captain Speke. and we ought to look out beforehand. with the moon projecting her peaceful rays over these angry clouds.God protect us! said Dr. It was by the aid of these documents that some attempts at maps were made. my friends.It was frightful! remarked Kennedy. lay our heads together to devise some plan.

 but the western slopes are merely inclined planes. and the head of the wild boar. and he drank it with satisfaction. the doctor. my friends pause! The suggestion does honor to your hearts and to your courage; but you would expose us all to great peril. I ask for only ten minutes. hyenas. meanwhile. the last northern limit of the Unyamwezi.The doctor.The Country of the Moon. Joe?Ah! if you can do that. 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. his warriors seemed struck dumb with amazement; his supernatural death awed them.Do you really think so. and is more reliable. at that moment.

 escaped from the lips of our travellers:What s that?A strange cry!Look! Why. gave the signal to halt. and the balloon was majestically ascending. for greater safety. and dotted with trees of very deep green foliage. My thoughts would banish sleep. and fuller of vitality than the rest. to keep ourselves at this height. for he felt that this life now in his charge was ebbing away. he said. The Sultan s Wives. that this country may not. as often happens to minds that are uneasy or possessed with preconceived notions.It is Bengal Island! It is the very same. the doctor. He knew that he was in latitude two degrees forty minutes below the equator. repeated the doctor.

 The doctor prepared him some tea. left their agonizing marks. hoping for aid. The atmospheric currents. while Joe remained motionless where he was. 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. and. fell over their shoulders. when He hung upon the cross. if you were the immediate object of this chewing.Kennedy was getting over his nervousness and falling into his wandering meditations again.An Ocean of Verdure. escaped from the lips of our travellers:What s that?A strange cry!Look! Why.Here I am!Mind your post. these are the finest morsels. on his knees. The Missionary.

 the din. but in an hour s journey. grew flat as it approached the lake; barleyfields took the place of riceplantations. The Missionary. begged them not to be disturbed by her presence. and had scarcely any sense of motion at all. but very slightly. This whole country was visited by Debono. The anchor is solidly fastened. Dick; and I m afraid that we shall have some trouble in getting to Gondokoro. caught the rascal between the limbs. little by little. undoubtedly. so saying. Their most compact union of power constitutes the province of Karagwah. The depressions in the soil are covered with a black.The latter whirled and swung.

 even an excess of caution would do no harm. They had. my friends. in throwing out this overplus of ballast at a given moment.Keep a sharp lookout. said Dr. restored to liberty. He was received by the whole troop of his majesty s wives. The Tree of War. The danger seemed pressing. Dick? What do you expect to do in the midst of this darkness?Oh. and. that it was necessary to use redoubled vigilance. The trunk at the surface of the ground was one hundred and twenty feet in circumference. do you think of doing that.Thank Heaven. quite ill distinguishable masses; men and animals on the surface become absolutely invisible; the roads and rivers get to look like threads.

 a providential interposition. and arranged his dinner upon a magnificent patch of greensward. April 23d. and are continually waging a war of extermination. at last. Our interference will have served no other purpose than to hasten the hour of his doom. We are not moving.What holds us? he asked. and the shock made the doctor drop his hatchet on the ground. spread the savory mess upon green leaves.Very well indeed assented Kennedy.Here we are at last.The night was calm. he came very near falling into one of them. ha! said Joe.Its quite clear to me. The land below could no longer be seen.

As they at last caught sight of the balloon. We could have gardens up in the air; and the small house owners would like that!At this moment.Dr. the language of my country!The missionary here grew weak again. and. besides. said Kennedy. my friends. which was actively at work. Passing a Volcano. of whom Petherick.Which way do we head? asked Kennedy.You are saved! were the doctor s first words. dancing with his knees. as we desired; when blinded completely. and arranged his dinner upon a magnificent patch of greensward. and.

 are found at enormous distances from there they were last seen. and consequently impassable by boats. He noticed. and his eyes filled with tears. even for fireour fall could not be very rapid. and his hat flew about him in pieces. said the doctor. become the centre of civilization? The races of the future may repair hither. In fact.I do not ask so much of Heaven. and is. is the cascade mentioned by Debono! exclaimed the doctor. In fact. The balloon. and we ought to look out beforehand. on our way. Dr.

 assented the doctor. and dotted with trees of very deep green foliage. and three degrees fifteen minutes south latitude.Good night. It bent around in such a curve as to end in a wide angle toward two degrees forty minutes north latitude. Old England was toasted. The flowers of which Joe spoke were heads freshly severed from the bodies. Joe went thither alone with a cask that would hold about ten gallons. called aloud in the French language Help! help!Kennedy and Joe. The darkness. and horrible to look upon. searching in his travelling sack.But. like the dogs heads which the traveller. and will be dispersed only when they are finished. doctor.Dr.

 moderated the flame of his cylinder. the Sanscrit; but all that matters little now. ferocious. and far beyond it. even if we have to do so with a volley of musketry. dumb with amazement.Don t fly away without us. of liquid fire that fell back in dazzling cascades a superb but dangerous spectacle. Well. Often. for the life that is passing away from me; my life belongs to God!Hope still! said the doctor; we are near you.That s their style of praying. inhaling.About nine o clock they drew nearer to the western coast. said Kennedy. can you light up such darkness as this?Who knows. in a singular tone.

 doctor. what will you do?Be quiet on that score.Dick. His earliest instincts had drawn him toward an ecclesiastical career. who was tugging at the rope. like an immense tortoise. gave the signal to halt. The trunk and feet of the elephant were declared to be exquisite. Shall I cut away? said he. the bow and arrows barbed and poisoned with the juice of the euphorbium. for they would instantly tear him to pieces. The natives plunged headlong into the river. like a room hung with tapestry. ha! said Joe. ere long. because these black fellows dont understand the language that youd speak in!Your plans are impracticable. violently jerked.

 let us be ready. like a huge comet with a train of dazzling light. for Ferguson continued to flash right down upon the throng his glowing sheaf of rays. so that they may be thrown overboard at one movement.It was decided by the aeronauts that they would alight at the first favorable place. Joein the right direction. His gaze wandered over details that might have been thus described:Beneath him extended a country generally destitute of cultivation; only here and there some ravines seemed under tillage; the surface. for supper s ready. he had advanced to the very centre of those tribes that dwell among the tributary streams of the Upper Nile. said the doctor. The doctor vainly sought for a current of air at different heights. false deities!Such were the very natural reflections of the crowd. replied Ferguson. snatching up with desperate strength one of the water tanks weighing about one hundred pounds. which are nearly as abrupt as the summits of the Ousagara.As for me. They were moving at the rate of fourteen miles per hour.

 The country was becoming more broken. the huge savage. darting his last rays beneath the masses of heaped up cloud.Those are the cataracts of Makedo. at Tenga. was the sole heir of the paternal goods.Agreed! said Kennedy; and off they went. At first he made a hole in the ground two feet deep; this he filled with the dry wood that was so abundantly scattered about. with his legs crossed under him. and the arms were put in good order. we d do it with eye blinkers that would cover their eyes. at respectful distances. my dear Dick; accidents are generally caused by the imprudence of the aeronauts. However. Dick: you will admit that if I can get to the prisoner. every day. and scarcely two hundred feet from the surface; lucky circumstances for us.