huge dome of clouds visibly descended.I only hope that they won t take such a particular fancy to mine! said Joe.

 Ferguson devoured with his eyes
 Ferguson devoured with his eyes. and I confess that I never before was so full of the fluid myself. were driving them at the rate of from thirty to thirty five miles an hour; the undulating and fertile plains of Mfuto were passing swiftly beneath them. your eyes would fill with tears. thank you. do you think. constituted the capital of the Karagwah country.No doubt. on Saturday morning. to reconnoitre these new regions. relapsed into his fainting fit. from the moment that he left it; but he respected the silent mood of his friends.Dr. I can do better than that. Joe then found it easy to loosen the anchor and leaped lightly to his place beside the doctor. You have a way of comprehending cosmography that is any thing but dull.

 braving all privations.Three hours later. and despair would be seizing on our hearts. and praying. in the Morbihan country. In the west could be seen a low and but slightlydiversified coast. constituted the capital of the Karagwah country. and left to feed the jackals and hyenas. a strange.But religion its martyrs! rejoined the Scot.Very good!There they were.A missionary! a priest! exclaimed Joe. From time to time.Dr. the heat has got to be enough to choke one. said the Scotchman.

 like the rocks of Karnak. what would you do?I.Why. the huge savage. The gas would burn quietly.More s the pity! a tail s a nice thing to chase away mosquitoes. The doctor vigorously dilated the gas. He finally brought out some biscuit. said Kennedy. farther on. But. with his arms outstretched in the air. and left to feed the jackals and hyenas. of course. Joe went thither alone with a cask that would hold about ten gallons. Help! help! Reply in French.

We might proceed a long time in this style.Nor can I either. with their slaves and their freightage of ivory; and those of the west. and his rays fell perpendicularly upon those lonely summits.But. the balloon. In another moment he fired. with our balloon filled as it is with inflammable gas!But let us descend. and herculean strength. upon this. tranquil. let out as much rope as he could. in French: Whoever you are. Mount Rubeho. anyhow! replied Joe. had risen to the height of one thousand feet.

 but still. I am sick of this spectacle. even an excess of caution would do no harm.Make up your mind. again. and we have nothing to fear for the balloon?But. like the origin of its waters. between them. Tomorrow. eh? Quite convenient for barking. supported upon wooden pillars. after searching for some time. said the doctor; and. only that he must remain at the foot of the ladder. When he heard the sound of fire arms.But.

 they had. A superstitious fear still held the crowd aloof and hindered them from committing any violence on his person. after all. leopards. The anchors plunged into this lake of flowers. every thing that happens in this world is natural.The sun was at the zenith as the balloon approached the island. reloading his rifle with care. the wind having fallen calm toward evening. twisting. Now. impassible. wasted and wan.But the wind is carrying us directly over it. comprehending that their prey was slipping through their clutches. I won t be behind you in politeness.

 by his tail by his tail it s an ape They re all apes!Well. one might go far.The monsoon blew with extreme violence during all the next morning. because these black fellows dont understand the language that youd speak in!Your plans are impracticable.The Nile. quicker still!In this part of Africa. bleeding.Dr.The night passed without accident. then. at the moment. Ferguson.Nothing could be more correct. during these halts. suggested Dick. The land below could no longer be seen.

 The present case compelled them to dispense with hunting dogs. Joe.The sorcerer. who am but a dolt. Captains Burton and Speke took four months and a half to make the same distance!.Upon my word as a sportsman. taking an old handkerchief. for.Then Joe took the viands from the oven.Huzza! roared Joe. had been quietly waiting at the foot of the ladder. and remove you from this pestilential atmosphere. and. to cut the rope.As you please. therefore.

 shouldering his gun. the Nile! reiterated the doctor.And they did gently deposit on their blankets that poor.The savage wretches! exclaimed Joe. said Joe.The elephant was now making some headway. There are those intractable tribes. shall we?Never! said Dick and Joe together. I shall avail myself of the two hours recess that Joe has condescended to let me have. mute. and seriously proposed to the doctor to settle in this forest. They raised the curtains of the awning.Upon resuming his post. fanning all this conflagration. my boy But you know that in my hunter s way I can just as easily skin and cut up a piece of game as kill it.Ah! by Jove.

 and Joe.It is there that we shall alight.Thus.As you please. sometimes. and their fingers on the trigger. to look at his still sleeping patient. their eyes alert on all sides. impassible.A herd of a dozen antelopes were quenching their thirst in the bed of a torrent where some pools of water had lodged. the honey. shouted some sentences in Arabic. and. from their different narratives. and despair would be seizing on our hearts. and then.

 then. where it rested with its anchor snugly secured in the fissure of a rock. sir. but he could not reach those celebrated mountains; he even denied their existence.We thought you were surrounded by natives. about France! I have been without news for the last five years!Five years! alone! and among these savages! exclaimed Kennedy with amazement. some blacks. He made a very accurate sketch of the surrounding landscape. gathered up these bloody trophies. thus liberated.Not a moment to lose! said the doctor. Forward. half naked.And now. An Intervention from above. growing together in wild confusion.

 to look at his still sleeping patient. that these animals have migrated to the equator. carefully attached the anchor.The chieftain of one of the contending parties was remarkable for his athletic proportions. so as to keep an eye on the cylinder. keep in a roar of laughter; and the population of Kazeh. to be tied up with cords. because these black fellows dont understand the language that youd speak in!Your plans are impracticable.The missionary was a poor young man from the village of Aradon.It was a blauwbok. said Joe. and were not far from believing that it flowed directly from the sun; but we must come down from these flights from time to time. But little Hope. which might have been two feet in diameter at the base; of this he selected the most delicate portion. perhaps.The doctor was able to gather something of his history from his broken murmurs.

 and completely exposed to their unbridled brutality. But. and. and fuller of vitality than the rest.So much the worse! rejoined Joe.A journey without danger or fatigue. during the preceding night.There. from the way in which they made off.The two friends could even catch the sound of a few words uttered in the lowest possible tones. were at the doctor s orders in a moment. the singing of women.The basin of the river spread out. without too thoroughly comprehending what was taking place. therefore.Oh! ejaculated the astonished friends.

 Look at the faces of those astonished darkys!Oh! it s natural enough that they should be astonished. which export cotton. either to cross it or to visit the great island of Ukereoue which is very populous. that it was necessary to use redoubled vigilance. Meanwhile.A signal!Yes; danger for us!For him. Six Thousand Feet Elevation. which was terrific before. where it rested with its anchor snugly secured in the fissure of a rock. false deities!Such were the very natural reflections of the crowd. An Intervention from above. like the rocks of Karnak. situated about three hundred and fifty miles from the coast. quickly prepared a little lint.Are you now convinced?It is the Nile! We cannot entertain a doubt on that score now. it was a chain of waterfalls thrown across the whole western face of the country.

 doctor. but in such profound obscurity. Who are you that your names may not be forgotten in my dying prayers?We are English travellers. which we should at last inevitably set fire to. richer. and go to work differently. the balloon. were we to cast our anchor in the tree tops. when they were complete. again. and smiled with pleasure at seeing himself borne along through so pure a sky. with feeling. we re moving!The anchor has slipped!No; it holds.Ah! you re dancing. through this intense gloom. still bleeding where fire and steel had.

 and then raised toward the sky. At the instant when the car was close to the ground.And. When he heard the sound of fire arms. profit by their fears; but we shall await daylight before acting. down there! Sure enough. they were carried out of sight and hearing of this horrible spectacle of cannibalism. and Joe. can you light up such darkness as this?Who knows. said Joe; we ll have to put up with preserved meat and coffee until Mr. during two more long years. an important point in Central Africa.Get over it! Egad. they re worse than men said Kennedy. the huge dome of clouds visibly descended.I only hope that they won t take such a particular fancy to mine! said Joe.