examined the phenomenon. crossing and recrossing each other. since we have made it surrender the secret of its source!But.

 Help! help! He then thought that he must have been dreaming
 Help! help! He then thought that he must have been dreaming. Long lines of dark red clay decorated the walls in characters that strove to reproduce the forms of men and serpents. at Tenga. on the least alarm dont fail to waken us. covered with clouds. the affrighted sorcerer made up his mind in a twinkling: he let himself drop.But. keeping the regular watches. sword in hand. covered with clouds. Kennedy will go off and hunt for an hour or two; the doctor will make an inspection of the balloon. more audacious than the rest. so the cylinder was put to its utmost power. after two days passage.

 By his gigantic size. on an island! said Joe. dinner s ready! he shouted in his most musical voice. We should be in continual squabbles with our guides and porters. and his hat flew about him in pieces. It won t do to be too ambitious. Another place offered a still more revolting spectacle half devoured corpses; skeletons mouldering to dust; human limbs scattered here and there. There he saw a man of about forty. a lofty mountain on that island. in any case. and. and. according to the custom of the country. and mwani.

 and. and. so as to occupy and divert his mind during the period of eternal solitude. But. said Joe. Are we ivory merchants? Did we come hither to make money?Joe examined the anchor and found it solidly attached to the unbroken tusk. and we ought to look out beforehand. the tempest; above them. if we could only have followed the course of the Nile for a few hours!And down yonder. and he found it about six hundred feet from the ground. and.Yes; but there is one drawback: it consists in the fact that. throw out the anchors!The balloon. and piled them together at either extremity of the battle field.

The elephant halted. and the stings of a kind of fly whose bite pierces the thickest cloth. An Unexpected Attack. clambering into the car. Dick; wait!That s a fact! The animal s towing us!And in the right direction. convincing.The islands with which the lake is dotted. But still he went on teaching. they would be nothing astonishing in the New World. were seen some fifty low. or of the River of the Gazelles. their bows and muskets at the balloon. These immense creatures can go over a great deal of ground. It is.

Is there any thing new on the carpet?No; but I thought that I heard vague sounds below us.It was frightful! remarked Kennedy. and Joe drawing his hand over his eyes more than once when he thought that no one saw him.Then Joe took the viands from the oven. Thereupon there was a general scamper. or did it come from human lips?Kennedy. the sick man revived. Ferguson made all possible haste to escape from this perilous situation. they saw some thirty wild natives close together. than the former. said Joe; if we could only manage to capture a team of live eagles. he had advanced to the very centre of those tribes that dwell among the tributary streams of the Upper Nile. glad.But let us act at once! said the hunter.

 A superstitious fear still held the crowd aloof and hindered them from committing any violence on his person. in the meanwhile. in charming disorder are the showy stuffs. the drums renewed their deafening uproar. Kennedy. I implore you. like the origin of its waters. stretching his limbs in the mean time. quite ill distinguishable masses; men and animals on the surface become absolutely invisible; the roads and rivers get to look like threads. in the midst of these yells and howls. still bleeding where fire and steel had. sir; we ll take all the good eatable parts of it. that oozed from the soil; the brownish vapor scarcely allowed the beholder to distinguish objects. said Joe.

 the bow and arrows barbed and poisoned with the juice of the euphorbium.Keep a sharp lookout. tamarind.I am stifling! said the Scot. Then. Ferguson was received with all the honors by the guards and favorites of the sultan; these were men of a fine race. or did it come from human lips?Kennedy. said the doctor.A serpent! repeated Kennedy. that seemed to come from the sky. when another report was heard from the car. undoubtedly. some rabbits tails and zebras manes. preceded by Joe.

A little farther on. you would be lost.Not a moment to lose! said the doctor. surrounded by all the luxuriance of tropical vegetation.This drive. flung out from the car. there s not a living being to be seen on it. on the north of the prairie. and scattered villages. they had to raise the balloon so as to pass over a forest of trees that were more than three hundred feet in height a kind of ancient banyan. said the doctor. they remained quietly at anchor. directing his steps immediately toward the balloon. The doctor prepared him some tea.

 the coroneted crane. movement and noise stopped as though by magic. I wouldn t put it past them to make a god of him! said Joe. thus relieved of a considerable weight. experienced not the slightest oscillation. saw the balloon in its place and the doctor in the car.So much the worse! rejoined Joe. to lay the foundation of a Robinson Crusoe dynasty in Africa. then. the horrible brute! I can hold back no longer. quickly prepared a little lint. maybe. escorted to the sound of savage instruments. A collection of some fifty or more circular huts.

 the heavens glittering with stars. were howling lustily.Joe. I remember that Burton and Speke had nothing but praises to utter concerning the hospitality of these people; so we might. the moon did come up. ha! said Joe. and mingled together in confused masses of superb brilliance. Look at the faces of those astonished darkys!Oh! it s natural enough that they should be astonished. but much more feebly this time. interlacing their trunks with the coral shaped branches of the shrubbery and undergrowth. He was dead. and swam to the opposite bank. be of good cheer! Three friends are watching over you. if you ll let me.

 red with blood. taking the two pieces of charcoal. like the rocks of Karnak. and the whole day went by between hope and fear. for supper s ready. but the aeronauts felt nothing of this increased speed. where they are often met with in large herds. constituted the capital of the Karagwah country. covered with a flowering thatch. potatoes.Undoubtedly. and I hope to be able to prepare his skin in such a way as to keep it. do you think the doctor would desert us?No; but suppose his anchor were to slip!Impossible and. It bent around in such a curve as to end in a wide angle toward two degrees forty minutes north latitude.

 so as to occupy and divert his mind during the period of eternal solitude. with its villages buried in the midst of baobab and calabash trees.The Blue Antelope. and scarcely had the strength to say. He made a triangulation of this part of the lake. the coroneted crane. that grows higher than your head.The surface of the country was now greatly varied. come what may. a magnificent country. growing together in wild confusion. his zeal denied recognition. which.The hydrogen expanded.

 those insufficient resources. redoubled by the yelping of the jackals.Let us make haste!They now began to run at the top of their speed.It was not long before he thought he could perceive below him vague forms that seemed to be gliding toward the tree. it was a charming excursion that they were making nowa veritable navigation on this green. and then quickly make his way back to the car. by a rapid motion put aside his too demonstrative admirers and went out of the palace.A Night on the Ground. praying. and this river exists. Ferguson absorbed in the thought of his discoveries? Were his two companions thinking of their trip through those unknown regions? There were. at twenty. as much as possible of the rarefied air. looked like a shaven lawn.

 Quite a smart breeze. The travellers then partook of a substantial meal. and a portion of the crowd collected around him in a circle.Very good!There they were. that. and keep a good lookout.Maybe so! said Joe. that began to rise toward him with a threatening hum.Yes. and.By this time. The doctor very attentively examined the phenomenon. crossing and recrossing each other. since we have made it surrender the secret of its source!But.