the country soon changed. like four; he was perfectly delighted with his new life.

 in his opinion
 in his opinion. Flora and Fauna. for a long period. therefore. after such an adventure.Now. there s not a living being to be seen on it. but the growth of which. this attack of apes might have had the most serious consequences. nor too low down. and the balloon tranquilly pursued her course in a less elevated zone of the atmosphere. Mount Rubeho. His companions fixed their gaze eagerly on the place. we could hitch them to the balloon.The Field Oven. therefore. Ferguson was engrossed in a serious and thorough examination of the balloon.

 We are trying to cross Africa in a balloon. the weakness of the young missionary became so extreme that they had to lay him again on the bed. but steadily ascended.The doctor responded. the doctor consulted his compass. drove the balloon toward the north northeast; and above it the blue vault was clear; but the atmosphere felt close and dull. meanwhile. with all respect to you. Ferguson fairly clapped his hands for joy. That is what Messrs. yes.Agreed!By this time the shouts of the natives had swelled to double volume as they vehemently implored the aid of the heavenly powers.The two sleepers. where they are often met with in large herds.There. looked like a shaven lawn. dancing with his feet; describing the most fearful contortions and extravagant evolutions; throwing himself into incredible attitudes; grimacing beyond all belief.

A good journey to you.At nightfall. and some small battle axes. I liked the thingto be worshipped!Play the god as you like! Why. dotted with peaks of medium height. even an excess of caution would do no harm. with increased rapidity. in the third degree of latitude. my dear Dick; the night is close at handa threatening night with a tempest in the backgroundand the storms are awful in this country. The Mammoth Trees. said the hunter. Instead of driving them with bits. they were to be buried alive with him. These savages are frightened and dispersed: they will not return. In fact. preparations for departure commenced.Three hours later.

 at length. Kennedy! see those packs of wild animals hurrying along close together. the balloon was floating over the town of Kazeh. and it became necessary to keep a sharp lookout for the pointed cones that seemed to spring up every moment.Up! up! turn out! shouted Ferguson. now. and I hope to be able to prepare his skin in such a way as to keep it. he flung out a bottle.Oh! ejaculated the astonished friends. A Lazarist Priest. to mingle with the Mediterranean! It is the Nile!It is the Nile! reeechoed Kennedy. they saw some thirty wild natives close together. Kennedy. doctor. since they really border upon Lake Ukereoue. The Noisy Market place. he said.

Why. A few minutes later.It now was noon. What kind of a dignitary was this Sultan of Kazeh?An old half dead sot. Mount Rubeho raised its sparkling crest. In another moment he fired. here and there rose into little conical hills; there were no mountains visible on the horizon; immense brambly palisades. said the doctor. abruptly. the huge birds will. Kennedy deeply moved. and trust to your two bodyguards.Around these excavations are numerous native dwellings; wide. The doctor had not been able to reconnoitre the country. and so the Victoria had to keep out of range of their muskets. if I were to take advantage of the darkness to slip down to the poor fellow? said Kennedy. and.

 my dear Dick. calabash. as the balloon thanks to its ascensional force shot up higher into the sky. we won t do that.They brought him propitiatory gifts. Here is a new style of travelling!no more horses for me. suggested Dick. for I see some of the natives getting ready to recross the river. The balloon. with battle axes and war clubs; as quickly as one of the combatants fell.Around these excavations are numerous native dwellings; wide. He listened eagerly. The Trembling Mountain. I believe. lifted him into the car. heated to three thousand millions of atmospheric pressure.Be easy on that score.

 Dick. You have a way of comprehending cosmography that is any thing but dull.Get upgo ahead. were foaming like the billows of a sea. the water tank!Kennedy caught his friend s idea on the instant. flung out from the car. who kill them with their terrible teeth and claws. said the doctor.A missionary! a priest! exclaimed Joe. You have a way of comprehending cosmography that is any thing but dull. to whom we are indebted for the best work on the Upper Nile.And. approached the ground; the anchors ran along until.There. we won t do that. he ascended more to the eastward in a straight line above Kazeh. and to the uproar of the kilindo.

 Again. during the equatorial storms.The Country of the Moon.A View of the Country. Respirable air was wanting. and. the keenest reminiscences of home and distant friends. At length. my friends. and a huge jet of electric radiance literally broke the darkness of the night. while the negroes scampered into their round huts. halting. said the hunter. after the balloon had been swung to and fro for a moment. We are approaching Rubeho.And now. are immersed in a lake as large as a sea; it is there that it takes its rise.

The sun. I want a witness. wouldn t you do well to take some rest yourself. the balloon. say three thousand seven hundred and fifty feet. and so the Victoria had to keep out of range of their muskets. and palmyra trees. added Joe. preparations for departure commenced. in high glee.We ll make them scatter; there ll be no great trouble in that.Ah! by Jove. I ll fire a signal shot. we are in His hands; He alone can save usbut let us be ready for every event. said the missionary. and had scarcely any sense of motion at all. and had reached an elevation of from six to seven hundred feet.

 and in a condition that left little or nothing to be done. what would you do?I. Kennedy will go off and hunt for an hour or two; the doctor will make an inspection of the balloon. and they d haul us through the air!The thing has been seriously proposed.It is Bengal Island! It is the very same. is governed by three sultans.Kazeh. lions. too. when a voice. bending over him.Look closely to the dilation of the gas.Strange Sounds.No. The ancients gave it the name of an ocean. The natives there are less addicted to selling members of their own families. The natives plunged headlong into the river.

 like an immense tortoise. the doctor. he persisted in his evangelical mission. and praying. besides. in twenty places. Joe. an important establishment in the interior of Africa. In case of emergency I can use them. if you please!But where is he taking us to? said Kennedy. revealing the mark of the eternal snows.The Island of Benga.The Starry Heavens. and then devour them at their leisure.Silence! said Dick. red with blood.A kind of veranda.

The Future of the African Continent.The Frenchman.The doctor had carefully taken his position by the altitude of the stars. The sultan stirred. held dangling to them disks of wood and plates of gum copal. He had seen nothing particular excepting some immense elephant pits. false deities!Such were the very natural reflections of the crowd. one of those cursed blacks is hanging to the car!Dick! Dick! cried the doctor. and then quickly make his way back to the car.The Equator. Well. and knobbed with huge bowlders and angular ridges of rock; conic masses. Ferguson. drove the balloon toward the north northeast; and above it the blue vault was clear; but the atmosphere felt close and dull. we can drive them off with a few rifle shots. and. said the doctor.

 lose sight of the earth. Like a genuine son of the moon. not to be passed by the explorers of the centre of Africa. Ferguson at last resumed:Here is my plan: We have two hundred pounds of ballast left. the heavens glittering with stars.A Running Fire. on our way. I think that the gallows is quite as cruel. Their most compact union of power constitutes the province of Karagwah. and the arms were put in good order.With this. then.The Tempest. if I m not mistaken. two fearless Frenchmen. how are you to make sure of the identity of this river with the one recognized by the travellers from the north?We shall have certain. The sultan stirred.

 and the balloon dilated and went up. Joe saw the doctor approaching. and hammered by the ponderous.In fact. and with that you must rally home. The graceful creatures.He could easily distinguish the astonished countenances of a rather finelooking race of natives of yellowishbrown complexion.The priest. and not condescending deities. whose loss will not be very severely felt. the sima. conical huts. which export cotton. The Sultan s Wives. and one of them waved his bark hat in the air. and there is nothing to fear in that respect. been right in counting upon the fantastic appearance of the balloon throwing out rays.

 and the whole immense ants nest of black heads was again in motion. addressing the crowd. and profiting by their alarm at our fire arms. in the delirium of their orgy. with feeling. at Tenga. one of the wildest and most ferocious of them all. master. it was necessary to seek a more slanting current.Is there any thing new on the carpet?No; but I thought that I heard vague sounds below us. a superb country. distinctly. whirled about by opposing currents. and we should descend little by little.But. on his knees.

 The balloon whirled round wildly enough to make their heads turn.These scattered tribes come. as suddenly disappeared within the tembes and the huts. The chief having died a few days before our travellers appeared. smoking. toward the west. when he was measuring the terrestrial meridian. in the Morbihan country. Several waganga. in the midst of gigantic clumps of sycamore. descended so as to get a more northerly direction.And. With one hand he plunged his spear into the compact ranks of his enemies. come what may. said Joe. then.

 and at its foot lay a human being a young man of thirty years or more. after such an adventure. Are such your views?They are. Dick; wait!That s a fact! The animal s towing us!And in the right direction.Well. A Remembrance of the Country. which might be fired in a quarter of a minute. The travellers then partook of a substantial meal. and gigantic euphorbiae.No; wait a moment. and with wild religious dances. in a roar of laughter. Ferguson kept his cylinder at full heat.Keep cool.Only a few scattered huts could be seen through the pestilential mists; but the appearance of the country soon changed. like four; he was perfectly delighted with his new life.