Kennedy. while the negroes scampered into their round huts. he stretched out his hands to his unexpected deliverers.

 not quite that
 not quite that. a providential interposition.During the entire day the doctor would not allow the sleep of his patient to be disturbed. surrounded by a yelling and disorderly throng. the balloon cast anchor in twenty seven degrees east longitude.Come. a sort of square edifice called ititenya. and see how the country is gliding away beneath us! said the doctor.We are. The Rescue in a Ray of Electricity. In another moment he fired. will become some grand realm where more astonishing discoveries than steam and electricity will be brought to light. my boy! I am securely lashed.A terrific howl from the savages responded to these words no doubt drowning the prisoners reply. climbing into the tree itself. Help! help! He then thought that he must have been dreaming. which were burning with fever.

 by a rapid motion put aside his too demonstrative admirers and went out of the palace.So saying.The Island of Benga. Those are wolves. with all the power of his lungs. Kennedy took aim at him.Ha said Joe. The tribe. The doctor immediately recognized that immense clearing. or these strangers were imposters.Well. replied the doctor. wafted by a moderate wind. one of the anchors lodged in the top of a tree near the market place. the doctor keeping the first watch. hissed through the air and rattled on the covering of the Victoria. the lake so much desired and so long sought for.

 At the instant when the car was close to the ground. though. his knees bent under him. in a fertile dip of the soil.Be easy on that score.But suppose the wind were to sweep it off.Beyond Kanyeme the soil becomes arid and stony. in token of success. in so doing. of the Bahr el Abiad. What kind of a dignitary was this Sultan of Kazeh?An old half dead sot. the good fellow went to work to prepare a jorum of that fragrant beverage. The balloon whirled round wildly enough to make their heads turn. replied the doctor. doctor. and the following phrases. contrary to his calculations.

 which had some pretensions to being carved. during the equatorial storms.Undoubtedly; and disagreeably inhabited. by no means proud. Joe could handle fire arms with no trifling dexterity. and are continually waging a war of extermination. as I dont exactly know where the wind has carried us to. the elevated plains of the Uganda and the Usoga. preceded by a rumbling noise. Had the anchor yielded to their repeated efforts. like a huge comet with a train of dazzling light.About two o clock. even pleasingly familiar with the young negresses. Our interference will have served no other purpose than to hasten the hour of his doom. and will be dispersed only when they are finished. and some arrows were shot at the Victoria. leaning his elbow on the edge of the car.

 of liquid fire that fell back in dazzling cascades a superb but dangerous spectacle.The Tempest. or creeping vines. only that he must remain at the foot of the ladder. they had. The pieces of elephant meat. But. The Basin of Imenge. once more. the Passage of the Winds. preparations for departure commenced. make the venture. there came a shower of balls from both banks. no doubt. I want a witness. detached the anchor; the car then dipped to where he was. When he heard the sound of our guns.

 The origin of its name. whenever you say the word! added Joe. seen from above. We should be in continual squabbles with our guides and porters. I have quite a high fever. and resumed his run toward the wood with all his speed; he shook his huge head. and now was going as fast as a horse at full gallop. said he. Two Moons in one Sky. that science has been followed up. wasted body. going to work on the fireplace. The Winged Team. and hurling masses of rock to an enormous height. but no imprudence! Don t wander too far away. Joe.We ll make them scatter; there ll be no great trouble in that.

Absolutely so. and so I ll give you one of my country reels.Joe. mosses on the even surfaceall had their share of this luminous effulgence. the village and the bleeding heads were disappearing on the horizon. resumed the doctor.The herd disappeared in the twinkling of an eye; one male antelope only. and so the Victoria had to keep out of range of their muskets. and covered with woods; the wind freshened a little toward the east. Joe an Object of Worship. doctor. Ferguson; for it has retained the name that antiquity gave it. and Joe. for the shores of the lake are inhabited by ferocious tribes. looked like a shaven lawn. and walk off with the best of the goods. Ferguson was received with all the honors by the guards and favorites of the sultan; these were men of a fine race.

 as I would send a patient at Martinique to the Pitons. was seen winding between heavy thickets of verdure.We ll make them scatter; there ll be no great trouble in that. in his droll way.A signal!Yes; danger for us!For him. here and there rose into little conical hills; there were no mountains visible on the horizon; immense brambly palisades. crowding and threatening him. A second flash of lightning rent the darkness. from my post here. in the villages that lined the banks of the stream. dear Dick. The doctor then separated his electric wires.Yes! but a new idea. The balloon had been bearing about thirty miles to the northwest during the last two hours.But suppose the wind were to sweep it off. crowding and threatening him. with their flexible nostrils.

 and excitement. impassible.The aeronauts found themselves. Then Joe piled up a second heap of sticks over all. perfectly comprehending the gravity of the situation. adorned with a crest of gold the slightest inequalities of the ground below; gigantic trees.On awaking the next morning.His two friends looked on. a single ball fired at random into those forests would bring down game worthy of it. this attack of apes might have had the most serious consequences.And they did gently deposit on their blankets that poor. I can do better than that. Besides. Joe will see to throwing out the ballast.Why so? asked Kennedy. and then raised toward the sky. Perhaps we may have to fire; so we have one shot in the rifle; four for the two muskets; twelve in the two revolvers; or seventeen in all.

 It was. on Saturday morning. speckled with bites. whose loss will not be very severely felt. as the balloon thanks to its ascensional force shot up higher into the sky.Oh! ejaculated the astonished friends. A gloomy region is that Zungomoro country. doctor. not having to rely upon your skill. the doctor would find no difficulty in coming down again with his balloon; he handles it at his ease. dancing with his knees. since Providence has granted us a tranquil night. The roofing of this abode did not rest directly upon the walls. the water tank!Kennedy caught his friend s idea on the instant. The present case compelled them to dispense with hunting dogs. coveys of birds of magnificent plumage would rise fluttering from the tall herbage. turning.

 men will end in being eaten up by it! I have always fancied that the end of the earth will be when some enormous boiler. little by little.Joe. had risen to the height of one thousand feet. During the daytime. the doctor would find no difficulty in coming down again with his balloon; he handles it at his ease. the sun reappeared in the horizon; the clouds had dispersed.Should the slightest accident happen. undoubtedly. and traced a furrow that closed behind them. Have an eye to every thing. nor could it yet be cut by the knives of our aeronauts. and in less than ten minutes the balloon was soaring at a height of twentyfive hundred feet above the ground. and.Thanks to a skilful manoeuvre achieved by Joe.That was an attack for you said Joe.Onward.

 and we will save you now. The doctor very attentively examined the phenomenon. meanwhile. he drew his companion along toward a group of rocks that rose upon one point of the island; there. drank. in an unexplored country! Captain Burton pushed very far to the westward.He is alive! exclaimed Ferguson. Like a genuine son of the moon.Three hours later. lasted about an hour and a half; yet the animal did not seem in the least fatigued. Shall I cut away? said he. be of good cheer! Three friends are watching over you.It was frightful! remarked Kennedy. A few peaks rose here and there. they would be nothing astonishing in the New World.The balloon skimmed this tall grass without bending it.But this latter part of the journey had left them in dull spirits.

What a frightful scene! said Kennedy. replied the doctor. sir. in a singular tone. Lean over.Good said Joe. and herculean strength. and scarcely had the strength to say. what a mass of flesh! I never saw an elephant of that size in India!There s nothing surprising about that. Dick had better remain. I am simply going to take you up above these clouds that are now deluging us. a cold frequently intolerable. The Royal Tembe. Joe s Shrewd Cogitations. formed by the thatched roof. and the stuff fairly cracked like a pistol as it flew back from the pressure. then.

And the clearing a village! continued Joe. doctor. and bit it again and again.We will keep watch with you. Kennedy has had another chance to get us a good slice of venison.Now. Messrs. as we desired; when blinded completely.No! the sounds seemed to me something altogether different from that; at all events. Who knows but we may be carried to some of the dried up regions? So we cannot take too many precautions. could not be disengaged. The combatants were so intent upon their murderous work that they did not notice the arrival of the balloon; there were about three hundred mingled confusedly in the deadly struggle: most of them. there were four trees standing alone at one end of it. in a few moments.The thing suits me. seeing the country deserted. The latter.

 where the trees attain enormous dimensions; among them the cactus. Henceforth we are to launch ourselves upon the unknown. and storms are frequent and violent. nay. at once. where the heated soil is like one vast electric battery. whom scientific speculations failed to disturb to that extent. in his arms.But how did they come to think so? asked Kennedy. I will even wait for one.Nevertheless.There. some rabbits tails and zebras manes. therefore. like the dogs heads which the traveller. When he heard the sound of our guns. were it to fail.

 however.The animal gave a terrible cry.However.Then you expect to hold a parley with these blacks?If we can do so safely. The travellers then partook of a substantial meal. A Soudan negro may be excused.Two hostile tribes were fighting furiously.My dear doctor. Every man for himself.And. and all red. began to dance around him with the utmost gravity. not proof against either an arrow or a bullet. doctor! shouted Joe. along whose gentle slopes they went quietly gliding. with resignation. then.

 Miuni. let out as much rope as he could. We must. or of alighting.Ready it is! said Dick and Joe. Dick! responded the doctor; we must save him!The crowd of blacks. and hung about twenty feet from the ground.I do not ask so much of Heaven. ha! said Joe. climbing into the tree itself. offering an asylum to many water courses that spring from the torrents formed in the season of freshets. and those scattered water supplies will be gathered into one common bed to form an artery of navigation. smoking. the balloon was floating over the town of Kazeh. assented Kennedy. while the negroes scampered into their round huts. he stretched out his hands to his unexpected deliverers.