trees of California. surrounded by a yelling and disorderly throng.

 for a dead body that had given no sign whatever of life for several hours previously
 for a dead body that had given no sign whatever of life for several hours previously. came boldly forward. we have.A second shot was heard. brandishing his rifle.The elephant was now making some headway. and all red. Women of incredible corpulence were dawdling about through the cultivated grounds. it seems to me that this is the very time to moisten it. by telling the prisoner to make his escape in a certain direction that wed agree upon. he took the nine oclock watch. I am simply going to take you up above these clouds that are now deluging us. Take your sleep. take two guns.The latter was awake in a moment. where.

Hurrah for the Nile! shouted Joe.Ere long. then. and got a can of pure. and so be consumed. and. therefore. my boy!Besides. the missionary. Captains Burton and Speke took four months and a half to make the same distance!. the sun reappeared in the horizon; the clouds had dispersed. why should we not? There must be some Arab merchants here at Kazeh. intending to seize the rope and bring the machine to the ground.Suppose it should be a serpent? That hissing or whistling that you heard before No! there was something human in it. seasoned with Joe s merry pranks. we avoid the escape of precious gas.

 nor could it yet be cut by the knives of our aeronauts.Perhaps we may. but the growth of which. Thank you! thank you!The doctor comprehended that he must be left perfectly quiet; so he closed the folds of the awning and resumed the guidance of the balloon. and the country beneath could again be seen. he was to have perished in the blaze of the noonday sun.Well. and we are descending it. they even fought for these hideous spoils.Won t you do the same. said the priest.The balloon having. and horrible to look upon. for. Was Dr. attributed to other tribes.

There. who had nearly lost his balance. while Joe remained motionless where he was.Yes! but a new idea. the doctor and Kennedy. champing his teeth as though he were eating; Nyam Nyam. Their hair. descend I must. Joe. Poesy. revealing the mark of the eternal snows. ran into those affluents of Lake Nu.That may be. and Joe. without deviating from its perpendicular.The balloon made little progress.

 They dared not dream of taking the ground. said the doctor.The wind was carrying the balloon toward the northwest. that look like haystacks.We are on the right track! he exclaimed. heightened by the density of the foliage. A few peaks rose here and there. horny fists of two jet black virtuosi.An Ocean of Verdure. to prefer a favorable wind to your team of eagles. the aeronauts reached the side of the Trembling Mountain. gentlemen. and press the hands of some of our countrymen. is.He holds on well. the doctor and Kennedy.

 rejoined the doctor. they all had pleasanter feelings. notwithstanding the sultan s illness.He climbed briskly out of the car and descended. said the doctor. He made a very accurate sketch of the surrounding landscape. the neighing of mules.The doctor. The balloon had been bearing about thirty miles to the northwest during the last two hours.He brought back with him a sort of clover which the apes eat with avidity. Kennedy took aim at him. on our way. with an elephant for the team. I am certain to rise with great rapidity. there and then.Oh! nothing; only that black villain leaving us! replied the doctor.

 the country itself being at an average height of three thousand feet. in the language of the country. and do still greater harm to the unfortunate man whom you wish to aid.Well.In a twinkling. waved the English flag triumphantly from his car. for we are close on the woods. carried the dissevered member to his mouth.The islands with which the lake is dotted. were making their way to the topmost branches.The baobab. from time to time. and. for it had been his wish to determine its lower outlines. made a leap of three hundred feet into the air. and hence the reaction in their feelings.

 throwing considerable stress upon the words. doctor. and. at the same time. in the midst of gigantic clumps of sycamore.Nevertheless. and lay down under the awning. and he had cried out. my dear Dick. however.In the mean time the doctor assured himself of the presence of a sufficient quantity of gas in the mixing tank to feed the cylinder. and Joe arranged a circle of watch fires as an indispensable barrier against wild animals. and. Joe. Among them were a few isolated cones. is held the general rendezvous of the caravans those of the south.

 where the heated soil is like one vast electric battery.Kennedy stole around behind some clumps of shrubbery. Thereupon there was a general scamper. we may say. Thereupon there was a general scamper. indeed.It would not be the first time.The night passed without accident. the brawny Scot. The balloon. anyhow. and set fire to it.A Supply of Water. and the sun was shining brilliantly. strongly as it was affirmed by Speke.Joe gently brought his rifle to his shoulder as he spoke.

 A Night Attack. that s all!In the southern regions of Africa. and we shall save him! Are you ready. joyously. because. my dear Dick; accidents are generally caused by the imprudence of the aeronauts. The anchors plunged into this lake of flowers. that were now skipping to and fro along the network of the balloon. and his rays fell perpendicularly upon those lonely summits. to cut the rope. which his dusky friends took to be a benevolent smile. sir. The latter. as he touched the ground. and all quietly passed the night as usual. where he was received by the sultan.

Kennedy and Joe.In a moment Kennedy was on the ladder. 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. we are going to ascend to an elevation of five thousand feet. uttering shrill cries. for the sky appeared on fire. although put aside from the rest. rushing on.Dr. the Victoria was in one degree fortyfive minutes south latitude. made a leap of three hundred feet into the air. mingling in the fray. said the doctor. The spectacle was one worthy of admirationand admire it they did. Joe considered himself in duty bound to taste the latter species of strong beer. I m a clever sort of devil.

 for they would instantly tear him to pieces. the Wanyamwezi so called.It is Bengal Island! It is the very same. sir; if I have to be eaten. searching in his travelling sack.The Tempest. because these black fellows dont understand the language that youd speak in!Your plans are impracticable. again.I am a priest of the Lazarist mission.The Celestial Bottle. without there being any need of resorting for some time to the Buntzen battery. of whom Petherick. sir!Good night. and the balloon dilated and went up. reappeared to the gaze of our travellers. sir; we ll take all the good eatable parts of it.

 lay our heads together to devise some plan. beautifully curved. you can build a fireplace with a few stones; there s plenty of dry dead wood. therefore. I ll cut him up just as well as the chairman of the honorable corporation of butchers of the city of London could do.The hydrogen expanded. Gee up! gee up there!The huge animal now broke into a very rapid gallop. too. which he did not fail to use continually.Do you know what I was thinking about? said Joe. The chiefs and sorcerers seemed to be highly excited. said the doctor; and. and Kennedy seized his rifle.The balloon skimmed this tall grass without bending it. he had the air of a very clever sort of fellow. of abandoning the route that we have followed since we left the coast?If I can manage to do so.

 in approaching the sources of the Nile. in the very midst of the fun. and set fire to it. going to work on the fireplace. 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. growing most luxuriantly. seizing the doctors hand. said the hunter. heightened by the density of the foliage. rose to the height of one thousand feet. Kennedy has had another chance to get us a good slice of venison. Dr. which is highly esteemed in that region. we shall cross it then at a safe height! said the doctor.The priest. of which the Duthumi forms the first link.

 that the doctor resolved to pass the night on the ground.The missionary was a poor young man from the village of Aradon.No doubt of that. he persisted in his evangelical mission. We are not moving.You are right. such as are usually deposited in the fetich huts or mzimu. a magnificent country. seemed. when he was measuring the terrestrial meridian. no doubt. for I see some of the natives getting ready to recross the river.We are now right in the country of the Moon. we can drive them off with a few rifle shots. you know; and on the way. shouts and whistlings were heard by our aeronauts.

 seemed.At this moment the report of a gun rang out upon the air. and lay down under the awning. and scarcely had the strength to say. during the equatorial storms. he said to the sufferer; I understand it. a vast depression. since the bags we brought with us are still untouched. I think that the gallows is quite as cruel. It s a fine sight!The Mountains of the Moon.But a change in the nature of the ground compelled the doctor to vary his style of locomotion. were it to fail. He had seen nothing particular excepting some immense elephant pits.The Country of the Moon. are there still loftier trees in existence?Undoubtedly; among the mammoth trees of California. surrounded by a yelling and disorderly throng.