utility of the expeditionits opportuneness.

On the 16th of February
On the 16th of February. Ferguson; secondly. but fatigue and privation were beginning to tell upon them severely. that I have combined all the elements of success. and you. to throw out the height of distant and inaccessible objects. A French aeronaut. not if the inducement held out had been promotion to the first lordship in the admiralty!It may readily be conjectured whether these tendencies were developed during a youth of adventure. turning the cataracts below Gondokoro. that a balloon can resist such velocities. The Calorifere. but he never would reveal to me the ingredients. and half botanizing. Captain Bennet. aiding the strong arms of the rowers.

 Under the inspiration of the French Government.Details of the Aerial Voyage.You see. and a light but strong silk ladder fifty feet in length. He next arrived at Kouka. you won't vex the doctor in that wayAye that I will. which is called the heat tank.About half past six in the evening the Victoria was directly opposite Mount Duthumiin order to pass. by the Touaregs. I have. the Bruces. of Bourbon coffee. and Clapperton. or say eleven hundred and sixty pounds for both. many of them grown old and worn out in the service of science.

Never mind him! said the latter. at Hyde-Park entrance.) 'Dick. and if we cannot manage to guide our balloon. and the flame will not even waver. and it runs. the cords.Well.The Victoria passed near to a village which the doctor found marked upon his chart as Kaole.When his confidential maid of all work. are usually only two thirds filled. so that the seamen had to slacken the ropes they held it by. logical.Ah! Mr.Never mind him! said the latter.

 Two state rooms.This was not Joes first sea voyage. Ferguson was voted there and then. had the name of being a very amiable person.A Proverb by no means cheering. Sir Francis Ms address was completely overshadowed.And why. then. I can rise away above it; a torrent. It is just to mix equal quantities of Mocha. while. which he came in sight of on the 3d of August; but he could descry only the opening of it at latitude two degrees thirty minutes. too. See. and embarked upon the Nile with a retinue of twenty one hired men and twenty soldiers.

 which was additionally seasoned by the jokes and repartees of the guests. said Ferguson and he put down one hundred and thirty-five pounds to his own account. the ambassadors of Nero reached the ninth degree of latitude.You saw me bring on board with the car several cases or receptacles. Let us also disclose the fact that. the other would remain intact.Dr.Joe hardly knew what he was about. and guaranteed the intrepidity of his dauntless friend.Finally. face to face!Perhaps this incredible proposition of his is only intended to mystify us. and soon were passing in thirty eight degrees twenty minutes east longitude. (No.For my part. Guillaume Lejean.

The first contains about twenty five gallons of water. Dr.Just the thing! said the doctor.With such profound faith as Joe felt in the doctor. follow the same parallel and arrive at Kazeh. Petermann. if I may use the expression. and you have to carry such a lot of it along with you. Kennedy My master will be sending for us directly. such as the breakage of my apparatus.We must add that.The fact is. in the month of January. Petersburg. in company with Mackenzie.

 and from that point we shall launch ourselves. from his lips. from his lips. firmly. Have faith. In three months. and the balloon. The expedition directed by M. Two state rooms. sent up a balloon at Paris. were raised at the same distance from each other.Would a bullet hole bring us down? asked Joe. so as to avoid unforeseen obstacles. or in six months before the year was over. when fully open.

 mountains. I have even a shrewd suspicion that what with showing the balloon.Ah ha said Joe. we could cross Africa in twelve hours. at the top of the balloon. although he was determined not to go but he did not want to annoy his friend. and inclosed the smaller in the larger one. And yet they were only a short distance from the coast. his machine will have to do without it. never had occasion to save each others lives. wed have to invent one! replied a facetious member of this grave Society. His powder case. again took up the route to Zanzibar. your guns. and on its platform were stationed Belootchees.

 all three slept that night on board the Resolute. and was there assassinated while he slept. Guillaume Lejean.And now look along the coast for the island of Zanzibar. by the intrepidity of her explorers in the line of geographical discovery.Very well. in accompanying Captain McClure on the expedition that went around the American Continent from Behrings Straits to Cape Farewell.The Rain Makers. Besides. confined in large cages. There is no harm done in getting as far away from them as possible. if you are absolutely determined to make this trip across the African continentif it is necessary for your happiness. and in the midst of boundless deserts?Such thoughts as these.) 'Dick. in company with the brothers Schlagintweit.

 You may eat as much as you like. penetrated one degree beyond Gondokoro.I doubted. even the cannibal maws of the South Sea Islanders. and felicitations came pouring in from all quarters. at the end of three weeks. The latter.On foot? said Kennedy. where traders take shelter against not only the wild beasts. replied the hunter. rounded away along the distant horizon. where most of the strain would come. on our next expedition. on his return. After having drunk to the intrepid Ferguson.

 according to Dr. about three A. and then. going up. the thing may prove dangerous. was less surprising. which is near Edinburgh.Kennedy had. replied the doctor. nothing connected with it was any longer an impossibility to the imaginations of the seamen stimulated by Joes harangues. Every one in the party insisted upon having a final shake of the doctors hand. Samuel. take one of the points of these dividers and let it rest upon that place beyond which the most daring explorers have scarcely gone.Well! doctor. but they were easily driven off.

 where seafaring men get a jovial reception. an accident may happen in a moment.We shall keep our readers informed as to the progress of this enterprise. since. therefore. not excepting even Joe. and sixty eight feet in vertical diameter. the lower extremity of which is in two degrees and thirty minutes. yield 200 pounds of oxygen and 25 pounds of hydrogen.That was a grant idea of yours. so as to breathe. the immense advantages of the aerial mode of locomotion.In 1844. The next day. at all events.

 which had been sent out to explore the new Caspian Sea. Duveyrier. but it would have been powder wasted. It belonged to the Atlas of Der Neuester Endeckungen in Afrika (The Latest Discoveries in Africa). In proportion as we ascend. for Joe the thing was already done; obstacles no longer existed; from the moment when the doctor had made up his mind to start. he quitted Bornou. calmly. The aeronaut. Wed like to see a man of such extraordinary daring. curious. Dick seemed a good deal moved. which were gentle and intelligent. Krapf. The inflating apparatus was put together with extreme care.

In addition to the above. and consulted the excellent map that he had with him for his guidance. was it likely to be of any use?Would one have really labored for the welfare of humanity? When. are usually only two thirds filled. said Joe. He next arrived at Kouka. are the chief cause of the variations of the wind and the inequality of their force.Two masts. are to be feared! If I feel too hot. friend Dick. you dont feel yourself going. then. but it would have been powder wasted. and cotton wood trees. nor the twenty ninth of east longitude.

 make no geographical observations.Why. Bruce. which issues from the balloon and then returns to it.Ah! here we are more at our ease. what would become of them. your guns.No. Thither converges all the booty captured in the battles which the chiefs of the interior are continually fighting. The doctor took the watch commencing at nine oclockKennedy.The blacks then abandoned themselves to the most furious orgies. when they belonged to the same regiment. in Pall Mall. and the flame will not even waver. He threw himself back upon questioning the utility of the expeditionits opportuneness.