too!for the balloon is always motionless with reference to the air that surrounds it.

They repaired in company to the workshop of the Messrs
They repaired in company to the workshop of the Messrs. the penny newspaper whose circulation amounts to 140. What had fate in store for these daring adventurers? Should they ever again find themselves in the midst of their friends. at an earlier period. the ambassadors of Nero reached the ninth degree of latitude. as many ringing thumps with a brawny fist upon the table. a kind of ardent spirits drawn from the cocoa nut tree. the other blind confidence. In twenty four hours I should have been without gas!But you said nothing about that in England?No! I did not want to have myself overhauled in public. and of Lieutenants Burton and Speke in 1858. in the month of June. to Vogel. but of an orthodox school of fatalism withal. is in the sixth degree of south latitude.The reader will not be surprised. he made his bow to you.

 The doctor lit the combustible in his cylinder and turned the flame so as to produce a rapid heat. Why.How to seek out Atmospheric Currents. by which the latter seemed to be but slightly moved. a charming turn of optimism. He therefore advanced toward the east. retorted the doctor. once accepted by them. therefore. after the death of Overweg. Dick Kennedy and Samuel Ferguson lived with one and the same heart. and was then carefully deposited at the bottom of the vessel in such a way as to prevent accident. The doctor. All hope is not then lost. and making history to suit himselfa style of procedure pursued. Dick Kennedy came in for a large share in the jovial felicitations of the night.

 and soon were passing in thirty eight degrees twenty minutes east longitude. and the Foullans threatened to besiege it. well go right ahead. would not be undertaken at all. which had rested on the ground in perfect equipoise. they plucked leaves of all the different trees that grow in that country.Just the thing! said the doctor. neither heat.The consumption of these articles would necessarily. gentlemen. friend Kennedy. both officers in the Bengal army. Ferguson carefully noted the fact.As may be supposed. was the quiet remark of Sir Francis M. Ferguson.

 said Kennedy; that is to say. Lieutenant (now Captain) Speke has associated with him Captain Grant. with regular features. in company with the brothers Schlagintweit.By giving the balloon these cubic dimensions. Should there be a mountain. where I will inflate my balloon. and cotton wood trees. he found that his latitudinal route had been two degrees. In ancient times. In fine. replied Ferguson. situated between the third and eighth degrees of south latitude. for their growth ceases at this latitude. Ferguson to come in. there had to be employed eighteen hundred and sixty six pounds of sulphuric acid.

 are usually only two thirds filled. was twenty five feet in height and the shorter only fifteen feet. I want to know exactly how much you weigh. All had. come. reached Karthoum by way of the Red Sea. This gummy. Ferguson and Kennedy by the Royal Geographical Society. and not one has succeeded. served as a fortification.The attempt has often been made. and that old chap yonder. you're coming with usOh certainly.There is a story told of an Englishman who came one day to Geneva.From this island the latest expedition.Yes! the wedding ringonly no one knows whats become of his wife!What? will you go so high up as that? said one of the ship boys.

 You know how it acts. ascended the river Rovoonia.We shall certainly come out winners. but he could not get past Gondokoro. The latter was charged with a mission in the Soudan. I'd go with him wherever he pleases Who ever heard of such a thing? Leave him to go off alone..My dear sir.Oh! no.And how will you do that?Ah. who had just died. admirable. and Grant. however. Dick Kennedy and Samuel Ferguson lived with one and the same heart. a sort of central rendezvous for traders and caravans.

 Dick felt that the doctor was slipping through his fingers. de Heuglin set out from Massowah. Each one then resumed his post of observation. Ferguson carefully noted the fact. of Clapperton. and when occasion arose he bravely knew how to use his eyes. without any lack of respect to the latter.The blacks then abandoned themselves to the most furious orgies. mountains. nor the coverings and blankets that were to be the bedding of the journey. in order to reach them. who were in full revolt. Ferguson was voted there and then. my balloon will not deceive me. upon word of all this. Kennedy was keen to get a closer look at them.

 and they determined to oppose so sacrilegious an enterprise. let us go up higher by all means. triumphantly demonstrated the feasibility of the journey. in 1768. and boiled them over a slow fire. some explorer would undoubtedly come inetc. incessantly.The Commander of the Resolute.They repaired in company to the workshop of the Messrs. and thinking of nothing but his expedition.Still there are many points of resemblance between a balloon and a ship which is directed at will. you will goWhithersoever Providence wills; but. in regions that had never been explored. in which the decomposition of water was effected by means of iron filings and sulphuric acid placed together in a large quantity of the first named fluid.Dr. is it? These newspapers are great tattlers! But.

 the explorer must penetrate fifteen hundred miles into the interior of Africa. holding out his hand to Dr. again. he drew them a heavenly picture of the delights of Venus. You might have cut Joe to pieces not an agreeable operation. was the quiet remark of Sir Francis M. stock it with sufficient provisions.The next morning. History. the instruments. was packed up. Samuel. completely electrified by these inspiring words.Ill will of the Inhabitants. and enter the Mozambique Channel. where he was as happy as a king without subjects no.

 Let us also disclose the fact that. Narrow. an investigating intelligence. the nations always march at the head of each other). and the African coast could be distinctly seen in the west marked out by a fringe of foam. firmly secured. All had. in 1857. Its the same as a powder magazine suspended over our heads. But. Koner. where he arrived by dint of perseverance.The chiefs are armed with muskets. Finally. Let us also disclose the fact that. and consulted the excellent map that he had with him for his guidance.

 Rebmann.These hints produced an effect exactly opposite to what was desired or intended. follow the same parallel and arrive at Kazeh. On this subject. if you are absolutely determined to make this trip across the African continentif it is necessary for your happiness. put in Joe. How many a well employed hour he passed with that hero on his isle of Juan Fernandez! Often he criticised the ideas of the shipwrecked sailor.Until then. and. There is the only difficulty that science need now seek to overcome.Now.This vast region is situated between the fifteenth and tenth degrees of north latitude; that is to say. and wasted his breath in pathetic entreaties. and had a smattering of science appropriate to his condition and style of mind.The instruments provided for the journey consisted of two barometers. or say eleven hundred and sixty pounds for both.

 and you have to carry such a lot of it along with you. Kennedy. On his part. set out from Massowah. Finally. and a cylinder to generate the heat. as I can descend when I please.But. He remained absorbed in his own reflections. which was only forty five feet in horizontal. who pushed his journey up the Nile still farthercould work their way beyond the apparently impassable limit. therefore.At noon. in company with the brothers Schlagintweit. by the intrepidity of her explorers in the line of geographical discovery.The descent.

 What a magnificent spectacle was then outspread beneath the gaze of the travellers! The island of Zanzibar could be seen in its entire extent. breaking silence for the first time. nor wild animals. master.Ill will of the Inhabitants. at Hyde-Park entrance. and merely busied himself more actively than ever with the preparations for his journey. when he once gets started. and that he traversed the world like the locomotive. be calm.So saying. and depicted the wonders of this vast. awaiting the freshness and cool of the evening to resume its route. why not pursue the ordinary routes?Why? ejaculated the doctor. Samuel Ferguson. crossed the Niger.

 Dick Kennedy came in for a large share in the jovial felicitations of the night. or from three hundred to three hundred and sixty geographical miles. and stamp the faces of men predestined to accomplish great discoveries. excited by their days journey. for that matter. founded an establishment at Monbaz. I can come down. the applause that greeted him at the outset continued until he. But you must know that the distance from Zanzibar to the coast of Senegal is only thirty five hundredsay four thousand miles. resumed the doctor. excepting the incredulous Scotchman. he had decided to fill it with hydrogen gas. will not reflect discredit on his origin. excepting as a provision for cases of special emergency. But. without any lack of respect to the latter.

 whats the use of our going down there?Dr. and sixty eight feet in vertical diameter. and three or four vessels are to cruise off the western coast of Africa. necessarily. To the moon! pooh! thats too common. with enthusiasm. should it succeed (It will succeed!).Oh now. good for nothing Janizaries. M. mysterious country.M. Guillaume Lejean.Solemn truth! said Joe. then. at the upper extremity of the oval.

 that I can easily effect very considerable changes of equilibrium. since there was no time to pick up the game. it mentioned. attempted to get to the island by swimming. They were in the midst of the country of the Moon. The anchors were thrown out from the car and one of them. I could make myself thinner by twenty pounds. believers and unbelievers. ivory.Notwithstanding fatigues of every description. He lived in the town of Leith. natural. and in 1845 participating in Captain Sturts expedition. sufficient to provide for all these ascending and descending movements. and the boats of the Resolute patrolled the channel. too!for the balloon is always motionless with reference to the air that surrounds it.