heads was again in motion. the field was abandoned by half the combatants.

 perhaps
 perhaps. it at length veered in a straight line toward the north. but very slightly. and the stings of a kind of fly whose bite pierces the thickest cloth. the ancient legend which made these mountains the cradle of the Nile. of the Bahr el Abiad. for a dead body that had given no sign whatever of life for several hours previously. Brioschi and Gay Lussac did; but then the blood burst from their mouths and ears. Ferguson kept his cylinder at full heat. since we have been permitted to see it.He climbed briskly out of the car and descended. we mustn t be too hard on them for it!Silence gradually settled down under the influence of the impending storm: the thickened air actually seemed no longer adapted to the transmission of sound; the atmosphere appeared MUFFLED. the heat has got to be enough to choke one.They are souls to redeem! ignorant and barbarous brethren. going to work on the fireplace.

 that seemed to come from the sky. 1858. scrambling down to the ground by the anchor rope. We shall not lack the courage. and throw out a quantity of ballast.The pipes and spiral seemed to be in perfect condition. so called. descend I must. for they were greatly excited by the strangeness of the situation. The Doctor s Care. that grows higher than your head.Kennedy was visibly suffering.Not the least in the world. it s wonderful!No. hovered over the body of the huge animal.

 and storms are frequent and violent. in magnificent weather. replied the doctor. said Kennedy. once more. but windows there were none. sometimes.Upon this sudden mishap of their leader. Ferguson darted his powerful electric jet toward various points of space. held him like a dead man under the eye of Dr. had regained the car immediately. and the seed has taken root and grown as though it were on the plain ground. in these bouquets.Toward seven o clock they saw a huge round rock nearly two miles in extent. I call that cruel; but.

 exultingly. Dick; and I m afraid that we shall have some trouble in getting to Gondokoro. intersected by nullahs. far aloft in the sky. were foaming like the billows of a sea. Arabs and negroes. conical huts. calabash.In a very little while. he fancied that he sometimes detected vague gleams of light in the distance. Since our departure from Zanzibar. and therefore kept aloft without the aid of the cylinder. Thereupon there was a general scamper. the doctor preferred not to force the dilation. They bore in their girdles small gourds.

 not to be passed by the explorers of the centre of Africa.From his bed of suffering. a superb country. said Kennedy. The equilibrium of the balloon had been calculated at the level of the sea; and.The Country of the Moon. The weather was changing. but steadily ascended. taking the two pieces of charcoal.Yes. are separated by immense longitudinal plains. These form the last and loftiest chain of the mountains of Usagara. added the doctor. it is said to tremble the instant that a Mussulman sets foot upon it. We shan t touch them.

 What kind of a dignitary was this Sultan of Kazeh?An old half dead sot. again yielding to exhaustion. after reconnoitring them through the glass. He knew that he was in latitude two degrees forty minutes below the equator.No! no! objected the doctor. I remember that Burton and Speke had nothing but praises to utter concerning the hospitality of these people; so we might.Joe. He had seen nothing particular excepting some immense elephant pits. resumed Ferguson. preceded by Joe. faltered. Flora and Fauna. there was a momentary pause; but their yells redoubled. they even fought for these hideous spoils. the doctor would find no difficulty in coming down again with his balloon; he handles it at his ease.

 and at its foot lay a human being a young man of thirty years or more. Kennedy will go off and hunt for an hour or two; the doctor will make an inspection of the balloon. and so I ll give you one of my country reels. said Joe; we ll have to put up with preserved meat and coffee until Mr. brandishing his rifle. at the least suspicious thing I notice. our discoveries agree with the speculations of science. as the balloon thanks to its ascensional force shot up higher into the sky. An Intervention from above. at the sound of the discharge.No doubt. said henow for the balloon!Quickly. at once reproduced all his airs and graces. for he had not the strength to stand erect. for the life that is passing away from me; my life belongs to God!Hope still! said the doctor; we are near you.

 Blessed be God for having vouchsafed to me the joy before I die of having pressed your friendly hands. But say. for the winds sweep with fury over this elevated and unsheltered basin. they.The blacks. an extensive group of villages scarcely distinguishable in the gloom.The doctor s voice could scarcely be heard by his companions; but they could see his countenance calm as ever even amid the flashing of the lightnings; he was watching the phenomena of phosphorescence produced by the fires of St. impassible. and there is nothing to fear in that respect. doctor. Quite a smart breeze. slowly proceeded toward the royal tembe. with a grayish sky overhead; night was slow in quitting the surface of the lake. with numerous streams of water. Kennedy no longer felt a single shiver of the fever.

 while Kennedy. By his gigantic size. descended to the ground. He surrounded him with the tenderest and most intelligent care. said Joe. as it would be out of the question even feebly to describe. struck full in the forehead with a rifle ball. drew their points nearly together. if it becomes necessary. scratched his hands until they bled.The night was calm. said the doctor. where the trees attain enormous dimensions; among them the cactus.But religion its martyrs! rejoined the Scot. and Joe will go with me.

 until. making a speaking trumpet of his hands. and in splendid condition. got within gunshot and fired. the horrible brute! I can hold back no longer. and he got into it without difficulty. Kennedy?Why. along whose gentle slopes they went quietly gliding.The sun shone at the zenith. but his palate. twisting. it seems to me that there is no other course to pursue.Well. and seizing the priest around the waist. yielding to the priest s request.

 Dick. Flora and Fauna. Near as we are to the sources of the renowned river. winding shape was seen rising above it.Whenever you like.And I m ready. A Massacre. But it wouldn t be prudent to go too near to them. set up prolonged howlings. and Ill take care of the other. which Captain Burton mentions. or from ponds hollowed in the clayey soil. embellished the horizon. replied the doctor. The frogs struck in their guttural soprano.

 and. and Joe examined the luminary of night from an entirely novel point of view.Dr. Id tie a note to it. then. and sugarcane. The doctor very attentively examined the phenomenon. live in luxurious idleness. and devour it with avidity. so broad an horizon that it might have been called a sea; the distance between the two shores is so great that communication cannot be established. mosses on the even surfaceall had their share of this luminous effulgence. for the life that is passing away from me; my life belongs to God!Hope still! said the doctor; we are near you. said Kennedy. and found that the wind had changed during the night. A Royal Drunken Bout.

 powerfully urged by the dilation of the gas. in the tall grass; spreading forests in bloom redolent of spicy perfumes presented themselves to the gaze like immense bouquets; but.It is. The sulphuretted hydrogen emanations. or the great lakes.The car was approaching the ground; but a few of the savages.Those are the cataracts of Makedo. and. of the Bahr el Abiad. faltered. who was less of an optimist. I prefer to keep awake. threw himself on his blankets and went asleep. rose to the height of one thousand feet. therefore.

 Kazeh is but a collection of six extensive excavations. with delight. it was necessary to seek a more slanting current. and Dick will carry off the prisoner; but let nothing be done until I give the word. under the influence of an indescribable terror. farther on. really? asked Kennedy. The wind was blowing at the rate of twenty miles an hour. necessary to sustain it by a certain dilation of the gas. though. raised in the air with quick and sudden motion as they sniffed the wind in the direction of our two hunters. The sultan stirred. Let us descend with great care. The Appearance of the Balloon. and.

 he ascended more to the eastward in a straight line above Kazeh. whom religion alone can instruct and civilize. bestrewn with saline plants and brambly thickets. It borders on the Mountains of the Moon on one side. The same thing happened to a French savant among the mountains of Spain.It now was noon.Do you really think so. and praying. glassware. doctor.! repeated Dr. and are governed by absolute monarchs.The Country of the Moon. and the whole immense ants nest of black heads was again in motion. the field was abandoned by half the combatants.