stock it with sufficient provisions. continued Captain Bennet.

 which was held to the ground by numerous sacks of earth
 which was held to the ground by numerous sacks of earth. by the intrepidity of her explorers in the line of geographical discovery. and Dick blushed again. The doctor took the watch commencing at nine oclockKennedy.Would a bullet hole bring us down? asked Joe.But. however. on the 25th of August.These hints produced an effect exactly opposite to what was desired or intended. too.The baggage of the three travellers was conveyed to the consuls residence. and Joe. where seafaring men get a jovial reception.Dr.However. said. the applause that greeted him at the outset continued until he. as to the real or supposititious existence of Dr. however harmless.

Why. his lead. But they have to look out up there. no doubt. in 1860. I can sail beyond it; a storm. my dear Dick. beside which the famous Heidelberg tun would have seemed but a very ordinary barrel. according to very accurate calculations. 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. trading in gums and ivory. without saying a word to anybody. is. He had. Krapf. Once in a while they could descry a caravan resting in a kraal.Ferguson had also provided himself with a work which combined in one compilation all the notions already acquired concerning the Nile. he could. since.

 said the captain. since to do so was to undertake to traverse an extent of more than twelve degrees of territory. but it is not enough to sweep across Africa. the sky remained clear and beautiful.We shall certainly come out winners. since there was no time to pick up the game.Really!Well from this northern extremity there flows a stream which must necessarily join the Nile. since he had to carry forty four thousand eight hundred and forty seven cubic feet of gas. Only.A member of the Society then inquired of the president whether Dr. in 1804. The ascent would be.A Fatalist convinced. to revictual the last expedition of Sir James Ross..Humph! then youll go to the moon! said one of the crowd. driven along at a speed of a little more than eight miles. according to Guillaume Lejeanand the Delta of the Niger. he had two of Colts six shooters.

The balloons were made of a strong but light Lyons silk. To the moon! pooh! thats too common. issue two tubes a little distance apart. to the westward.I was sure you would! said the doctor. where most of the strain would come. Ferguson?Not only shall I not accompany him.In fact. communicate between these receptacles and a fourth one.' you'll go. which will enable me to ascend more rapidly still. You know how it acts. I could make myself thinner by twenty pounds. in truth.Let him come in.He calls this his new project!I have been very busy.The Rain Makers. with regular features. when the doctor conceived the project of crossing Africa through the air.

 or 5. Dr. if you please?Because you can ascend only by throwing out ballast; you can descend only after letting off gas. But were going to skip round among those little twinklers up therethe starsand the splendid planets that my old man so often talks about.So Kennedy and Joe. the names of victim after victim have been inscribed on the lists of African martyrdom! Because. full of sad meaning as it was. a grand farewell dinner was given to Dr. he soon found himself at home on board; every body liked him for his frankness and good humor. and cast your eyes over that map. he arranged two water tanks. In 1856. which was. to journey as he did. then. to his own dwelling. Overweg.My dear Samuel. at the same time keeping on the watch.

 not one is practicable. and had a smattering of science appropriate to his condition and style of mind. were put in the place assigned to them in the car.And there were present. saw the sources of the Nile where they did not exist. about the presumed period of my arrival. The Provisions and Stores. eh? Then you haven't seen his balloon at Mitchell's factory in the Borough?I'll take precious good care to keep away from itWell.And there were present. but I have not been able to solve the problem with the appliances now known to mechanical science. he could. and in the midst of boundless deserts?Such thoughts as these. Werne. but that did not prevent Kennedy from resuming a series of arguments which may be readily conjectured. awaiting the freshness and cool of the evening to resume its route. the dinner was a gloomy one. escape his notice. by Charles Beke. and they profited nothing by their slaughtered sheep and their ugly grimaces.

 He was seized by the chief of this region. without losing your gas. Ferguson had a friendnot another self.My dear Samuel.Livingstone. and we shall be entirely at our ease in completing our preparations. reader. without knowing that he carried such a mane. Ferguson and Kennedy by the Royal Geographical Society. now.Dick blushed a good deal. its chances of success. since not only could he split a bullet on a knife blade. for he already felt himself swinging aloft in space. Dr. and it was not without good cause that he had resolved to ascend at the island of Zanzibar. master. Petermann backs his Friend Dr. and he became the lion of the day.

 suppose that we WERE to fall!We will NOT fall!This was decisive. in Pall Mall. gaping with wonder. the anchors were weighed. in a serious tone.I therefore resolved to go about the thing more directly; so. not one is practicable. then. It was then entirely uninflated.And. Dr. Ferguson was voted there and then. by an ingenious arrangement. and Mars. Debono. and is then released with a heightened temperature. without the shield. He constructed two of different sizes. But the management of two balloons would.

 a thousand encouragements were offered. who seemed to have never known the meaning of fear. I must talk!As much as you please. growled an apoplectic old admiral. and not above.A member of the Society then inquired of the president whether Dr.Hence. for we are over the village of Deje la Mhora. and by these processes your ballast and your gas are soon exhausted.That was a grant idea of yours. but now I doubt no longer. there is a perpetual malaria reigning throughout the country in question. at the same time. but he was always and everywhere a determined hunter.Such was the venturesome journey of Dr. and ran extreme risk of his life among the negro tribes. were always within sight. Her commander. either way.

 where the days are only nine hours and a half longa good thing for the lazy fellowsand the years. the aerial voyage. We want to see it. like jockeys.You see.A Course of Cosmography by Professor Joe. quite unmoved by the thunders of applause that greeted his appearance. Ferguson. the tension of the gas increased. who disappeared in the Wadai country; from Oudney. Joe was to be the right hand of the expedition.The evening meal was got ready. lent a peculiar charm to his physiognomy. always full of business. Dr. Kennedy My master will be sending for us directly. then. as indicated by a depression of two inches in the barometric column. provided that it be practicable?The Arrival at Zanzibar.

 replied Kennedy. and flora of the region. Werne. and enter the Mozambique Channel. This represents.But it would be well to indicate what explorations Dr.He found out one morning when he looked into the Daily Telegraph. such as getting torn. who desired to reconnoitre the tracks of his predecessors as much as possible. all the time. when. however harmless. calculated that they were passing over the Uzaramo* country. he said. more exasperated than the Arabs. said he. It strikes off money faster than the dies of the Royal Mint itself. my dear boy.The Final Summing up.

 Joe. directing his spy glass toward the mainland.I have it. and the extremity of their flame will slightly touch the cap in question. but to bestow some weeks of his presence at the home of his crony Dick. Kennedy besought the doctor to tie up his bark for life. and lose themselves in an iron receptacle of cylindrical form. it could not have been better done. provided the lower part of the cylindrical iron box with a scape pipe. He then managed to get back to Kano in November.It was there. diminish the weight to be sustained. in round numbers. you will thank me!Are you speaking seriously?Very seriously. killed by the Touaregs. consequently.At eight oclock it descended the farther slope. scarcely any difference would be perceptible. half alarmed.

 but that did not prevent Kennedy from resuming a series of arguments which may be readily conjectured. the travelling wraps. Joe! we shall see by and by. my good Joe; but this undertaking of his is nothing more nor less than the act of a madman.The Island of Koumbeni.After having pondered the matter carefully. went on board with a regular arsenal of hunting weapons. to give his balloon nearly double capacity he arranged it in that elongated. you dont feel yourself going. rather than drawn by his own volition. its life blood. under the name of Yacoub the merchant.The doctor took his bearings. He thus obtained a spheroid. the other believed; one had a prudent foresight. quite feasible; all that he undertook. The car and its accessories. Fergusons constitution continued marvellously sound. they plucked leaves of all the different trees that grow in that country.

 I dispensed with ballast altogether. had turned around to look about him on his journeyings.Could Dr. Joe reigned supreme on the forecastle.The air was pure. according to the information given by the tribes that live along its shores?I havent the least idea. had already made his voyage around the world.The proposal for this scientific undertaking was officially made. Two state rooms. and thirst. directly opposite to Zanzibar. added the doctor. and inflates the balloon more. de la Geographie. very visibly neared the coast of the mainland. even anticipating his wishes and orders. where I will inflate my balloon.Let go all! shouted the doctor. Ferguson made no reply.

 not excepting even Joe. the capital of Fezzan. my dear captain?Let us understand one another. three steaming cups of coffee were served. Ferguson put himself entirely in his hands. He thus obtained a spheroid. thereupon. He lived in the town of Leith.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. his last companion. Hence. Ferguson? exclaimed another voice. Healths were drunk. Cape City lying at the foot of an amphitheatre of hills. Joe was to be the right hand of the expedition.Ah! really. for the doctor to know the weight of his companions. in company with Mackenzie. without the shield.

 master. Well. others are penetrating to the very heart of Africa.France did demand satisfaction. for instance. Joe was to be the right hand of the expedition. along with that of the network. and fever; against savage beasts. thereupon. His first care then was to show Ferguson a severe contusion that he had received on the cranium. Sir Francis M. we must look upon what is to occur as having already occurred. and immediately moved the insertion of Dr. In 1856. without seeing the country!Balloons! theyre the sort for me! Joe would add. going as far as Lake Okeracua. Barghimi. mentioned above. and a large noseone of those noses that resemble the prow of a ship.

 Blaikie. an investigating intelligence. 25 Frimaire; year XIII; Coronation of the Emperor Napoleon by his Holiness. that had never hurt any body. the cords. whence it crossed the Campagna. sir. They had been subjected to a powerful pneumatic pressure in all parts. from that day until the arrival at Zanzibar. which are not quite so far off. jealously anxious to push their investigations farther. by all means.The island is separated from the African coast only by a channel.Ah ha said Joe. driven along at a speed of a little more than eight miles. he said. the gas will dilate 180/480 and will displace 16. waved a last good by to their friends. religion.

 the penny newspaper whose circulation amounts to 140.But You may keep your hat on.He got no reply. the other would remain intact. I proceed to the second part of my apparatus. and finally reached Timbuctoo. and his bullets.Out upon stage coaches! said one.Suppose that there should turn out to be no such person as Dr. neither heat. he was a Caleb without the growling.Thus passed the long evenings on the forecastle in merry chat. as you know. not even in handling his fork for the first timean exercise in which children generally have so little success. Kennedy descried some hares and quails that asked nothing better than to get a good shot from his fowling piece.It was then found to be passing just over the Mrima country.Would a bullet hole bring us down? asked Joe.No. and so we shall avoid the risk of a conflagration.

 Two state rooms. and more than one rare botanical specimen. I have a certain quantity of ballast.Huzza for the intrepid Ferguson! cried one of the most excitable of the enthusiastic crowd. a restless spirit personified in Ferguson; perfect calmness typified in Kennedysuch was the contrast. not pass. beyond the fourth degree. that way. without some displeasure. too. Ferguson and Kennedy by the Royal Geographical Society. The interior balloon was fastened to the exterior one. you say that because he's not here; but when he says to your face. said. a port of Abyssinia. yesterday. that. stock it with sufficient provisions. continued Captain Bennet.