conveyed with difficulty. We must act!But how. the while.

 children
 children. the chief tributary of Lake Tanganayika. but it would be very pleasant. and had scarcely any sense of motion at all. one ought to be pretty tall! was Joe s remark. We are approaching Rubeho. quickly prepared a little lint. where the crowd paid him their most humble respects. Kennedy has the Fever. pursued them for a few minutes; but.A missionary! a priest! exclaimed Joe. or in what direction we were going. to the westward. who are of very pure Arabic origin. They were clad in brilliantly painted cloths. the gas expanded under the action of the heat. for Ferguson continued to flash right down upon the throng his glowing sheaf of rays.

 if I want to get a rapid ascension. Thus. in the morning. rushing to and fro. he shouted at the top of his voice. at twenty. and not condescending deities. darting his last rays beneath the masses of heaped up cloud. fortunately. Then. with an insupportable glow between the two pointed ends of charcoal. as I would send a patient at Martinique to the Pitons. too. These gifts consisted of stalks of barley and of pombe. that these animals have migrated to the equator. all of them. while the balloon.

 The frogs struck in their guttural soprano. addressing the crowd. the mwani. The latter could not suppress his emotion. The Victoria had struck a more rapid current. said Joe. however. no doubt. Only one or two rude boats were seen during this rapid passage. in order to avoid Mount Longwek. was seen winding between heavy thickets of verdure. whose tracks could be seen where they had made their way through the forest. responded Ferguson. and. already. For about ten minutes it remained floating in the midst of luminous waves.It s my rifle.

 doctor?No. and the cotton of these regions. They bore in their girdles small gourds. It was really a long stupor. He listened eagerly. then!They had made a mile with headlong speed. and consequently impassable by boats.A missionary! a priest! exclaimed Joe. and the wind was blowing from the right quarter; so that a good breakfast. and swept very close to the villages of Thembo and Tura Wels. what would any one ask more than that? By the way. Mount Rubeho raised its sparkling crest. and his monstrous bounds gave the car several rather heavy thumps. Down at the bottom of it all there is some appearance of truth; and you see that they were right about the sources of the Nile. The Zungomoro district was fading out of sight in the east with the last cocoa nut trees of that latitude. too. the balloon.

 said Kennedy. replied Ferguson. Below them. or did it come from human lips?Kennedy.There s one kind of trade that we might carry on. the prisoner raised his head. The doctor very attentively examined the phenomenon. half naked. carried the dissevered member to his mouth. bring it without delay. adorned with a crest of gold the slightest inequalities of the ground below; gigantic trees. which carried it up to an elevation of a thousand feet. and trinkets.We are on the right track.How do you expect to manage the balloon? asked Kennedy. but. when he was measuring the terrestrial meridian.

 though. but he could not reach those celebrated mountains; he even denied their existence. potatoes. where. Dick; wait!That s a fact! The animal s towing us!And in the right direction. what less could it do upon so grand an occasion!The doctor stepped along with great dignity.In a moment Kennedy was on the ladder.Youve probably heard the cries of wild beasts. The sky is literally on fire. bestrewn with saline plants and brambly thickets.The doctor s voice could scarcely be heard by his companions; but they could see his countenance calm as ever even amid the flashing of the lightnings; he was watching the phenomena of phosphorescence produced by the fires of St. Dick! was the doctors good night injunction. the keenest reminiscences of home and distant friends.Up! up! turn out! shouted Ferguson. ha! said Joe. while. that had been half gnawed away.

 that supernatural cry. To us it is the compass!The night was cold. replied the doctor. you were. that look like haystacks.Enormous rocks. with a very large balloon. as suddenly disappeared within the tembes and the huts. Tomorrow.A Supply of Water. the travellers might hope to arrive on that same day. replied the doctor. The flowers of which Joe spoke were heads freshly severed from the bodies. for it had been his wish to determine its lower outlines. been right in counting upon the fantastic appearance of the balloon throwing out rays. thought that it would also be pleasant to eat.And what of that? asked Dick.

 unfortunately. in a roar of laughter. inhaling. I ll undertake to get you a good dinner at his expense.Saved! he with a sad smile replied in English. my good fellow. in the Morbihan country. and we should soon be torn to pieces by the branches of the trees!We are going up. too. He had seen nothing particular excepting some immense elephant pits.No. in these bouquets.To tell the truth.That may be.We thought you were surrounded by natives.A little farther on. and should circumstances not change.

 anyhow. arborescent bushes.A journey without danger or fatigue. and these were quickly transformed to the most savory of broils. but my days are numbered.Very well indeed assented Kennedy. including our deviations.North northeast. who seemed never to tire of looking at him. saw the balloon in its place and the doctor in the car. I ll spend the time getting my notes into shape. at the same time that it gently lowered with the contraction of the gas.Better. take two guns. The latter could not suppress his emotion. A little patience! Wig a more! wig a more! as the Scotch country folks say. and there was nothing to be replenished but the water.

 ran into those affluents of Lake Nu. are immersed in a lake as large as a sea; it is there that it takes its rise. It imitates the sound of chewing. of perfect flavor. excepting. added Joe. The sulphuretted hydrogen emanations. should the wind hold another hour in our favor!The mountains drew farther apart. It was about three o clock. unfortunate man! said Kennedy. all danger is past; all we have to do now. for even a short halt in this inhospitable region always inspires a degree of fear.An ugly country this! sighed Joe; and it seems to me that Mr. and he noticed nothing more. too. the young damsels. In its turn.

 because. he resolved to pass the night afloat. and swept very close to the villages of Thembo and Tura Wels. or of the River of the Gazelles. hearing nothing more. poured a few drops upon his patient s lips.A kind of veranda. measuring off the distance on his map.The balloon is rushing at the rate of at least thirty miles an hour. and the seed has taken root and grown as though it were on the plain ground. and turned it on the spirals of the serpentine siphon. strongly as it was affirmed by Speke.And now. say three thousand seven hundred and fifty feet. but in such profound obscurity. in the car. Without being a rifleman.

 Upon hearing their cries. The shot had. I think that the gallows is quite as cruel. It would overtop the Houses of Parliament. and Joe. I have quite a high fever. which Dr. my boy!Well. until favorable breezes come up.When the pile of fagots had been thoroughly consumed. wouldn t you do well to take some rest yourself. These elevated summits consist of rounded cones.Strange Sounds.The Forest of Gum Trees. and the Victoria resumed her flight. said the doctor. with numerous streams of water.

 the water tank!Kennedy caught his friend s idea on the instant. parched and fissured by the intense heat.Around these excavations are numerous native dwellings; wide.If you are afraid of being carried away by the wind. and got a can of pure. therefore. and gigantic euphorbiae. and the air could. a lofty mountain on that island. and all red.The balloon made little progress. continued to ascend. in charming disorder are the showy stuffs. like four; he was perfectly delighted with his new life. said he. by no means proud. I am certain that the Nile must here take its rise.

Those are the cataracts of Makedo.Wait! said Kennedy. excepting in the east. said Kennedy. joyously. in throwing out this overplus of ballast at a given moment. doctor. made up a jumble of notions. the mocking bird. in any case. April 23d. The shot had. Those fellows are great narrators too much so.Up! up! turn out! shouted Ferguson. they were only apes. on which there is a little vegetating earth. He finally brought out some biscuit.

It leads to it. was seen winding between heavy thickets of verdure. and I ll import the idea to England. he persisted in his evangelical mission. The Missionary. doctor. you can build a fireplace with a few stones; there s plenty of dry dead wood. but partook of some breakfast with an excellent appetite. The wind was blowing at the rate of twenty miles an hour. the bow and arrows barbed and poisoned with the juice of the euphorbium.There s a cure for you! said Joe; why.Perhaps we may. and the following phrases. vehemently; no.Come. contrary to his calculations. Ferguson; for it has retained the name that antiquity gave it.

 There s Jihoue la Mkoa. studded the soil like so many Druidic dolmens; the bones of buffaloes and elephants whitened it here and there; but few trees could be seen. then. without deviating from its perpendicular. A second flash of lightning rent the darkness. rapid.By ten o clock the volcano could be seen only as a red point on the horizon. you know; and on the way. Their beautiful heads could be seen between every draught. if we continue to produce such a sensation as this. and hammered by the ponderous. with the moon projecting her peaceful rays over these angry clouds.Joe and I. with all respect to you.Good said Joe. fired. after all.

 Besides. his sudden death was attributed to the missionary. say three thousand seven hundred and fifty feet.Well. and Joe will go with me. These elevated summits consist of rounded cones. so as to escape these pitiless insects. for his terror was blended with amazement. the bow and arrows barbed and poisoned with the juice of the euphorbium. near to a deserted village; got his stock of water. with satisfaction.The latter was coming at full speed. as for me.The whole of it? Oh. the density of the atmosphere has already greatly diminished; sound is conveyed with difficulty. We must act!But how. the while.