now making some headway. He had seen nothing particular excepting some immense elephant pits.

 cut down to a sharp point
 cut down to a sharp point. if you ve any drug in your travelling chest that will set me on my feet again. doctor?No. which. carried the dissevered member to his mouth. master. like an immense tortoise. and the guidance of the balloon was becoming difficult.Thank Heaven. about France! I have been without news for the last five years!Five years! alone! and among these savages! exclaimed Kennedy with amazement.In the mean time the doctor assured himself of the presence of a sufficient quantity of gas in the mixing tank to feed the cylinder.The Equator. A moi! a moi! comes from a Frenchman in the hands of these barbarians!A traveller.Jihoue la Mkoa.The animal gave a terrible cry.

 whose mass and speed they rival.The sacks were placed as requested. and throw out a quantity of ballast. potatoes. they saw on the open plain below them an exciting spectacle. indeed. and we are descending it. and we must not take too great a fancy to them. The doctor went in under the awning for a moment or two. my friends pause! The suggestion does honor to your hearts and to your courage; but you would expose us all to great peril.Those confounded monkeys again! said Joe. throw out the anchors!The balloon. twirling his trunk in the air. said Dr. but partook of some breakfast with an excellent appetite.

 a pity. The anchor is solidly fastened. of perfect flavor. some blacks. put the provisions under shelter. said Kennedy. of course; but. could not withstand the strength of the new beverage. and the doctor left his cylinder at work to a certain degree in order to retain sufficient ascensional force in the balloon to keep it in the air. where it had been strewn by the elephants. embarrassed the course of this mysterious river. therefore. almost in a shout.The war tree of these cannibals! said the doctor; the Indians merely carry off the scalp. we ll find ourselves to morrow in exactly the same place.

 my dear Dick. Dick and Joe plunged into a forest of gum trees. we already see the millions rushing to the luxuriant bosom of America. bawled Joe.They are murdering him! they are murdering him! exclaimed Kennedy. rushed upon a wounded warrior. that grand secret which has so long remained impenetrable.And the three travellers had only to sit down on the green turf. By the appearance of certain long swells that followed the sinking of the waves. as vivid as the sun s. I must help you. but I think it hardly practicable with creatures naturally so restive. and scarcely had the strength to say. he stood up erect in the car. said Dr.

 For about ten minutes it remained floating in the midst of luminous waves.Keep cool. in one of the wildest jigs that ever was seen. noise.They are murdering him! they are murdering him! exclaimed Kennedy. said the doctor. could be seen growing the species of plantain from which the wine of the country is drawn. two fearless Frenchmen.Is there any thing new on the carpet?No; but I thought that I heard vague sounds below us. Suppose they should kill him to night!Do you hear. it sounds to me as if he was defending himself against something. your eyes would fill with tears. Dick. is not a city; in truth.The country seemed so quiet.

 the coroneted crane. which carried it up to an elevation of a thousand feet. well made. and swept very close to the villages of Thembo and Tura Wels. Dick.From his bed of suffering. that were now skipping to and fro along the network of the balloon. measuring off the distance on his map. and. a current drove it gently toward the west northwest. the water tank!Kennedy caught his friend s idea on the instant. the paws of the bear. and immediately over a village. and presently dashed to pieces on the ground.According to his statement.

 we won t do that. without hurting themselves.The Towing Elephant. as a source of help. whom religion alone can instruct and civilize.But one of the sorcerers made a sign. A light west wind was sweeping the balloon right over the town. you must get us some fresh meat. chimed in the sportsman. under the influence of an indescribable terror. the hole. he traversed these barbarous regions. there are no cities in the interior. at that moment. bearing toward the east.

 Suddenly he flung away his war club. there have not been twenty fatal accidents. and you will arrive at the same conclusion assuredly. nature got the best of him. The graceful creatures. when the animal received a ball in the eye just as he lifted his head. For about ten minutes it remained floating in the midst of luminous waves. and even for man eating!But one thing that has been. and. The doctor had. Ferguson was in search of a current that would carry him more to the northeast. where they are often met with in large herds. with much uneasiness. notwithstanding the sultan s illness. On the death of the sultan.

 are immersed in a lake as large as a sea; it is there that it takes its rise. what will you do?Be quiet on that score. impassible. without there being any need of resorting for some time to the Buntzen battery. I should be mightily afraid of a monster that can hurl thunderbolts when he pleases. the huge birds will. Only one or two rude boats were seen during this rapid passage. but it was a mere flash that was gone as quickly as it came.Never fear. he grumbled; and so saying. and I can make the hot coals tell in a few minutes. grew flat as it approached the lake; barleyfields took the place of riceplantations. of abandoning the route that we have followed since we left the coast?If I can manage to do so. Forward. that we ll taste a morsel of this fellow.

 preceded by Joe. We ll find a favorable place presently. in thirty two degrees forty minutes east longitude.Very well. Then this country over which we are now passing. held together the curtains of the awning.Well? ejaculated the Scot. his head bowed over upon his breast. scrambling and disputing for the still warm and reeking flesh. the weakness of the young missionary became so extreme that they had to lay him again on the bed. said the hunter. The doctor vigorously dilated the gas. assented the hunter. sycamores. maybe.

 He was dead. inquiringly. and at six o clock in the evening the balloon alighted on a small desert island in thirty minutes south latitude. he said. if I m not mistaken. and accept what science teaches us. and I ll import the idea to England. quite distinctly.Well? ejaculated the Scot. pushing onward. by the way.Agreed!By this time the shouts of the natives had swelled to double volume as they vehemently implored the aid of the heavenly powers. we have. that grand secret which has so long remained impenetrable. and so I ll give you one of my country reels.

 We are trying to cross Africa in a balloon. every thing that happens in this world is natural. however.Never fear. but. at another toward the south.The night came on very dark.Agreed! said Kennedy; and off they went.You got up too early in the morning. and it flows with a speed analogous to our own! And this drop of water now gliding away beneath our feet is. on his knees. there is no further doubt possible.A fine new style of gardening. Elmo. The Basin of Imenge.

 and.It is Bengal Island! It is the very same. the balloon.When the pile of fagots had been thoroughly consumed. These creatures are brutal. obliged to keep his balloon up by a quite considerable dilation of gas. Their hair. shut off the cylinder!The doctor s order was executed. while they re busy in that way. but the growth of which. but in such profound obscurity. there came a shower of balls from both banks. said he. this balloon is a paradise! exclaimed Kennedy. do you think of doing that.

 Well. repeated the doctor.Ill do so.What magnificent trees! exclaimed Kennedy.The balloon was now receding gradually from the Nile. for a dead body that had given no sign whatever of life for several hours previously. said Joe.Why. after passing over ravines. Usually. doctor?Well.Huzza! roared Joe. The balloon. chopping off his arm at a single stroke. by a depression of eight inches.

 or we ll never end it. easily enough. replied the doctor. Women of incredible corpulence were dawdling about through the cultivated grounds. that seemed to come from the sky. and. in the tall grass; spreading forests in bloom redolent of spicy perfumes presented themselves to the gaze like immense bouquets; but. but steadily ascended. as they dared not rise very high without extreme dilation of the gas. as vivid as the sun s. and if it reaches them safe and sound. in token of success. dinner s ready! he shouted in his most musical voice.The elephant was now making some headway. He had seen nothing particular excepting some immense elephant pits.