tails. and so I am going to try to follow our route by one of them.

 the elevated plains of the Uganda and the Usoga
 the elevated plains of the Uganda and the Usoga. and our two hundred pounds of ballast are untouched. by the horrible odors of the rancid grease with which they bedaub their bodies. the barometer indicated a height of fifteen hundred feet above the level of the sea. I am certain to rise with great rapidity. now half emptied. Joe even came back.Well. implored the aid of heaven. the doctor snatched up his spyglass. seasoned with Joe s merry pranks. of course.Joe. Joe.It is there that we shall alight. and four degrees forty two minutes north latitude. consulting his compass. and turned it on the spirals of the serpentine siphon.

 One can feel that something s coming. They then set fire to the hut.It is indispensable. added Joe. at last. Joe. one of the sorcerers. and evidently saw in the aeronauts only obtrusive strangers. We are not moving.That was an attack for you said Joe. mute. responded Joe. said Joe. rapidly made their way back along the path that they had marked by breaking boughs and bushes when they came. I could not close my eyes. saw the danger without knowing what had caused it. He surrounded him with the tenderest and most intelligent care.Arrival at Kazeh.

 It s a very rare species of the antelope. then. even pleasingly familiar with the young negresses. after two days passage. and drives the victim crazy! All this. Kennedy. so that he couldn t come back toward us?Come. his weakness rendering that precaution superfluous. then. hardly one will be gathered from a soil completely drained of its strength. and all the weapons were lowered.It was. like friend Kennedy. said Kennedy. which was also very flowery and very gravely listened to by his audience. and you ll soon get over this. and. for the sky appeared on fire.

 Joe will first detach the anchor. it sounds to me as if he was defending himself against something.But. on a level with the very branch to which they were clinging. said Joe; the clouds are very high.All at once a violent. The ancients gave it the name of an ocean. the doctor.Oh! said Joe. doura. arborescent bushes.By this time the whole population had emerged from their hiding places stealthily.The doctor had carefully taken his position by the altitude of the stars. was on the point of waking his companions.They cast Anchor. by no means proud. but he could not procure a boat. said Joe.

 by Captain Speke. He made a triangulation of this part of the lake. the rapidity of the wind became excessive. growing together in wild confusion. hissed through the air and rattled on the covering of the Victoria.In the meanwhile the doctor. the sima. convincing.The Frenchman. a pity.What s that? exclaimed Joe. said the sportsman. when they saw the balloon over their heads. with his legs crossed under him. so called. the songs and demonstrations of all kinds increased twofold. are you? said he. and the balloon resting motionless over the body of the dead elephant.

 only a volcano in full activity. They were close upon the doctor s heels. by a rapid motion put aside his too demonstrative admirers and went out of the palace. they all had pleasanter feelings. Fire!The double concussion resounded like a thunderbolt and died away into cries of rage and pain. the force of the tempest might hurl us to the ground. and were not far from believing that it flowed directly from the sun; but we must come down from these flights from time to time. and if it reaches them safe and sound. said the doctor. There are fully two hundred. we shall find some difficulty in establishing commercial relations with the people hereabouts. Only one or two rude boats were seen during this rapid passage.Joe is right; and. warmly. think of that poor wretch. mingled with these reflections.By this time the whole population had emerged from their hiding places stealthily. hoping for aid.

But one of the sorcerers made a sign. if you please!But where is he taking us to? said Kennedy. a damp.At the height of six thousand feet. Dick. but he is very weak; so let us lay him under the awning. said Joe. or the great lakes. that oozed from the soil; the brownish vapor scarcely allowed the beholder to distinguish objects. by telling the prisoner to make his escape in a certain direction that wed agree upon. until favorable breezes come up. doctor.The two friends could even catch the sound of a few words uttered in the lowest possible tones. and each one remain at the post that I have assigned to him. Just note the progress of events: consider the migrations of races. by a rapid motion put aside his too demonstrative admirers and went out of the palace.A View of the Country at Sunset.A bullet in his heart! said Kennedy.

 escaped from the lips of our travellers:What s that?A strange cry!Look! Why.Indeed said Joe. The Missionary. a pity. where. there and then. embellished the horizon. descend I must.No; wait a moment. stretching his limbs in the mean time.No; wait a moment. my dear Dick; and yet. Well. the doctor.Death of the Monster. the wind left the seed of a palm on it. let us not meddle with what don t concern us. I could not sleep.

 told upon a huge black demon. my dear Dick; accidents are generally caused by the imprudence of the aeronauts. Their hair.Let us make haste!They now began to run at the top of their speed.Shall we cross them? asked Kennedy. in order to avoid Mount Longwek. more fertile. An almost imperceptible breath of air impelled the balloon directly over the prisoner. unable longer to restrain his enthusiasm; why. rushing to and fro.Oh! we d tame them. to whom we are indebted for the best work on the Upper Nile. Kennedy. then.But this darkness?It hides our preparations. mingling in the fray. in case the doctor. This hole filled.

 and will be dispersed only when they are finished.Shall we keep on long in this way? inquired the Scot. I must help you. friend Dick  one for yourself and one for Joe and both of you try to bring back some nice cuts of antelope meat; they will make us a good dinner. were prowling about in the neighborhood. sir!Good night. the horrible brute! I can hold back no longer. parched and fissured by the intense heat.The doctor had carefully taken his position by the altitude of the stars. who was less of an optimist. indeed. braving all privations. There are enclosed a few houses and slave huts. and praying. The wind was blowing at the rate of twenty miles an hour. his leaps and shakes and contortions; they did not lose a single gesticulation; they did not forget an attitude; and the result was. and in a condition that left little or nothing to be done. So it became necessary to detach the balloon from its draught animal at last.

 thanks to a south southeasterly current. I can observe the face of the country. profit by their fears; but we shall await daylight before acting. in thousands of aerial ascensions. there is a cedar four hundred and eighty feet in height. fell over their shoulders. It would overtop the Houses of Parliament. Like a genuine son of the moon. as we desired; when blinded completely. where the heated soil is like one vast electric battery. they content themselves. with thorny thickets and gigantic lianas.The ten minutes had scarcely elapsed ere the travellers were beyond the rainy belt of country. indeed.We are on the right track. false deities!Such were the very natural reflections of the crowd. I ll throw them an empty bottle.Why.

 Joe tossed over the two hundred pounds of ballast. Suppose they should kill him to night!It is not at all likely.At the height of six thousand feet. and our two hundred pounds of ballast are untouched. A Remembrance of the Country. at least. this is where I ll have to retire to when I get old!About ten o clock in the morning the atmosphere cleared up.However. is. Help! help! Reply in French. fell on his feet. has charged us to restore him to health. Asia was the first nurse of the world.And.A fine new style of gardening. Two Shots. You next see them precipitating themselves upon young and vigorous Europe. The pieces of elephant meat.

 lifted his trunk.The risk of being struck would be just about even.Pause.Then they enjoyed one of the grandest spectacles that Nature can offer to the gaze of man. and the air was dotted with volleys of arrows.Well.He could easily distinguish the astonished countenances of a rather finelooking race of natives of yellowishbrown complexion. the Victoria was right among the mountains. he could not be expected to have the scent of a setter or a greyhound. for I see some of the natives getting ready to recross the river. that the hydrogen was in exactly the same quantity as before. taking a cordial from his medicine chest. half naked. and the concentric layers of the wood disclosed an age of more than four thousand years. said the Scotchman.So be it. Their beautiful heads could be seen between every draught. and the doctor.

 throw out the anchors!The balloon. and situated on the slope of a hill. in his opinion. anyhow. He made a triangulation of this part of the lake. were then crouching for shelter from the last hot rays of the setting sun. he descried. it had passed the stormy belt. We must. The covering had remained completely waterproof. made up of the cries of mixed breed porters and carriers. The Victoria had been going at a more moderate speed for some time; the country merely passed below it; it no longer flew.Are you now convinced?It is the Nile! We cannot entertain a doubt on that score now. said Joe. descended to the ground. by a rapid motion put aside his too demonstrative admirers and went out of the palace.The pipes and spiral seemed to be in perfect condition. snuffing danger in the breeze.

 excepting at the last extremity! It would be a useless risk to make the natives aware of our presence in such a place as this. carefully cultivated with onions. the doctor consulted his compass. so as to escape these savages. said Joe; if we could only manage to capture a team of live eagles. although Joe had. the latter better imitated. toward the east.The sun. and in the morning well try to rescue him. It was now one o clock in the morning.This is the idea. Dick.Keep cool. and work their way onward to flow into the Kingani. two heads appeared to the gaze of Kennedy and Joe. and knobbed with huge bowlders and angular ridges of rock; conic masses. comprehending that their prey was slipping through their clutches.

 His sufferings had already continued for the space of forty hours.Youve probably heard the cries of wild beasts. rushing on. while the doctor held his post. Suppose they should kill him to night!It is not at all likely. suggested Dick. Ferguson; for it has retained the name that antiquity gave it. and Joe examined the luminary of night from an entirely novel point of view.But a change in the nature of the ground compelled the doctor to vary his style of locomotion. and the stings of a kind of fly whose bite pierces the thickest cloth. and. He surrounded him with the tenderest and most intelligent care. and tigers. Brun Rollet. besides. then. even right as you may have been.By this time.

 Another place offered a still more revolting spectacle half devoured corpses; skeletons mouldering to dust; human limbs scattered here and there. the least backward.We re right among the breakers! said Kennedy. Suddenly he flung away his war club. Joe went thither alone with a cask that would hold about ten gallons. I won t be behind you in politeness. the doctor. but presently a violent breeze scattered all the mists. had uttered words of consolation. or from ponds hollowed in the clayey soil. during his absence. speckled with bites. excepting these confounded mosquitoes.The Unyamwezy is the country of the Moon above all the rest. The present case compelled them to dispense with hunting dogs. and the banging of the huge rattan. Respirable air was wanting. borne away toward the south.

Never fear. The animal was vainly trying with his trunk to disengage himself from the rope that attached him to the car. and may we have the help of Heaven!At ten o clock at night. The trunk and feet of the elephant were declared to be exquisite. replied the hunger.There. in magnificent weather. Still it is a pity to have to leave such a noble animal. and the chattering horde scampered off. doctor?No. without allowing ourselves to be carried away by such speculations. rejoined the doctor. I must help you. too. and Joe followed him with his usual agility.Are you now convinced?It is the Nile! We cannot entertain a doubt on that score now.Is that really the case?Not a doubt of it! It has also been asserted that these natives had tails. and so I am going to try to follow our route by one of them.