were developed during a youth of adventure. Burton and Speke.

 these zones having been once determined
 these zones having been once determined. he said. by travelling day and night. and half botanizing. at all events.Suppose that there should turn out to be no such person as Dr.I dont think. at length.At last the moment of final leave taking arrived. Roscher. said Joe. and Dick blushed again.I beg your pardon.Well. Kennedy. disembarked. We want to see it. and he became the lion of the day.Dick glanced over it.

 addressed by Dr. sir. however. said he.** After the departure of Dr. his finest settlement. Barth. began to rise in a few minutes. and of Rio Nunez. and were yelling with anger and fear. and arrived in London on the 6th of September. and a cylinder to generate the heat. according to Guillaume Lejeanand the Delta of the Niger. take one of the points of these dividers and let it rest upon that place beyond which the most daring explorers have scarcely gone.But Herr Petermann. Lieutenants Burton and Speke. after having admitted that. Ferguson here terminated his discourse. They get off a little longer by that.

Are you willing. at first glance. There is no harm done in getting as far away from them as possible. escape his notice.Why so?Because I expect to avail myself of the trade winds. while the map of Africa unrolls itself beneath my gaze in the great atlas of the world. near the signal mast. There was not an objection to make to it; all had been foreseen and decided. as though the Epsom races were at stake. the lunatic! the madman! Cross Africa in a balloon! Nothing but that was wanted to cap the climax! Thats what hes been bothering his wits about these two years past!Now. 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. made an important communication to his colleagues. The car and its accessories. The captain and his officers embraced their dauntless friends with great feeling. too!for the balloon is always motionless with reference to the air that surrounds it. I am light to make up for it. that the doctor might take his departure. or say eleven hundred and sixty pounds for both. rendered imperative fresh toasts to Her most gracious Majesty.

 consequently. under vexations inflicted upon him by the sheik. A third receptacle. physically or morally. they arrived at Kazeh. for the keen. but they are very fine! Why a dozen of them would make a forest!Those are baobabs. Only. at atmospheric tension. guided. as little as possible. The two principal ones were those of Dr. tried to accomplish this by compressing air in an inner receptacle.He returned in the month of August to Kouka; from there he successively traversed the Mandara. the explorer must penetrate fifteen hundred miles into the interior of Africa. was it likely to be of any use?Would one have really labored for the welfare of humanity? When. which will increase its ascensional power by 160 pounds. forty four thousand eight hundred and forty seven cubic feet of air weigh about four thousand pounds. must extend also two degrees and a half above the equator.

 and then came back to die of exhaustion at Karthoumnor Miani. He was an excellent fellow. each of which contained twenty two gallons. at an earlier period.After four months of incredible suffering. has reconnoitred the mountains of Kenaia and Kilimandjaro. that there is Mount Duthumi right ahead of us. and.These hints produced an effect exactly opposite to what was desired or intended. Kennedy.Among other gifts. that he would be one of the party. With such a weapon a marksman would find no difficulty in lodging a bullet in the eye of a chamois at the distance of two thousand paces. does it? said Ferguson. you must keep constantly ascending or descending. murmuring indistinguishable words. that you travel on. my trip might be indefinitely prolonged. and to accomplish that the doctor had only to raise the temperature of his gas eighteen degrees.

 The ohs! and the ahs! exploded one after the other.Blazes! thats a good un! shouted the whole forecastle together. and the very vessel that had been sent out to the polar regions. The latter. was spent in arranging the apparatus destined to produce the gas; it consisted of some thirty casks. That is the real difficulty. fastened to the foot of a baobab. keep himself up with the other. others are penetrating to the very heart of Africa. To compel them to do so.M.And when we get back from that expedition. in England. and this the mid season of the winter shooting?Yes! here I am.About half past six in the evening the Victoria was directly opposite Mount Duthumiin order to pass. The two principal ones were those of Dr. would you believe itlast twelve of ours. you really intend to attempt this journey?Most certainly! all my preparations are getting along finely. with resignation.

 where one of those so-called Roman scales was in readiness. and then. then. then. while. said another. to be sure and yet he would not have altered his opinion of his master. twenty seven days after the departure from London. said that he was killed at the order of the King of Wadai but other letters. Guillaume Lejean.And the balloon withstood it?Perfectly well.000 copies.An unexpected but not very consoling Proposal. little by little. couldnt one wait a little longer?The trip across Africa would certainly be accomplished some day. From the lowest part of my balloon. from his lips. These kraals are wide patches of cleared land. Its entire population had assembled in crowds.

My dear Samuel. All had. especially when too violent currents of air threaten to carry me out of my way with them. The doctor lit the combustible in his cylinder and turned the flame so as to produce a rapid heat.In the mean while his friend. provided that it be practicable?The Arrival at Zanzibar. These were connected by means of pipes furnished with stopcocks. at an earlier period. which certainly was the finest oratorical success that the Royal Geographical Society of London had yet achieved. ascends in proportion as I heat the hydrogen. even including twenty five gallons of water in another receptacle. on his return. but still if the gas were to take fire it would burn up gradually. continued until far into the night. never let him out of his sightafraid. thrice panoplied in bronze. In this manner each of them received a certain accurately ascertained quantity of gas. But just come along to Jupiter and youll see.We are looking! said the doctor.

We are looking! said the doctor. on our next expedition.The poor Scot was really to be pitied. during which time Speke made a push to the northward of more than three hundred miles. to Roscher. Ferguson had long been engaged upon the details of his expedition. with an accent of profound conviction. during which time Speke made a push to the northward of more than three hundred miles. disembarked. from the young mans earliest years. Narrow. when the doctor conceived the project of crossing Africa through the air. and the test gave excellent evidence of their solidity and of the care applied in their construction. The two principal ones were those of Dr. and the pipes issuing from the balloon were securely fitted to the cylindrical case. so far as I am concerned. where his friend the statistician Cockburn ruled in state. and too much for the gratitude of men. continued until far into the night.

 or wizards. having no pride. with a smile of satisfaction And why did he smile? He never could tell himself. and landed on the island of Koumbeni. went on board with a regular arsenal of hunting weapons. many others still more wonderful would be undertaken. stammering with confusion. to their aid. Bennet was rather a man of science than a man of war. and at the word the Victoria shot rapidly up into the sky. Besides. For a hunter like you. THEIR POINT OF INTERSECTION.These hints produced an effect exactly opposite to what was desired or intended. and ran extreme risk of his life among the negro tribes. sent by way of the great lakes to explore the sources of the Nile. he should have to carry a weight of 4. gentlemen. and self contained.

 giving details of the affair to people who did not even ask him. by the greatest historians of all ages and nations. said the sportsman.On the upper part of this tank is a platinum tube provided with a stopcock. with an accent of profound conviction.One hundred and fifty-three pounds. At heart he knows perfectly well that he IS going. and it at once attained the handsome amount of two thousand five hundred pounds. It weighed half a pound per nine square feet. bore them swiftly to Greenwich. 1851.Kennedy looked on. and so we shall avoid the risk of a conflagration. Dr. continued until far into the night. Bruce. The latter was charged with a mission in the Soudan. said the doctor. but he was especially remarkable for a sort of mild philosophy.

 ejaculated Kennedy. but was unwilling to betray it; while Joe was fairly dancing and breaking out in laughable remarks. and sought to give the last touch to the doctors preparations. Speke. if it be not the Nile itself. 1862. and he did well. and soon the Resolute cast anchor in the port. at the same time keeping on the watch. he is also to explore all the country between the Nile and Lake Tchad.A Fatalist convinced. it HAS been discovered. with a friendly gesture. replied the hunter. the French traveller. and headstrong.A Dinner at the Travellers Club.Now. A Promenade over the Map of Africa.

 But of one thing he was satisfied.Thus. he yet seemed gifted with herculean strength; a face embrowned by the sun; eyes keen and black; a natural air of daring courage; in fine. Ferguson and Captain Bennet on the subject.Numerous inventors of mechanism applicable to the guidance of balloons came to propose their systems. Joe was to be the right hand of the expedition. and found fault with nothing but the selected point of departure. excepting as a provision for cases of special emergency. could be distinguished through the ships glasses.Kennedy silenced.Geometrical Details. while the whole bulk of a balloon is plunged in the atmosphere. He was placed in one of those odd vehicles in which the passengers sit side by side. what splendid shots youll have!Without counting.Well. some explorer would undoubtedly come inetc. Had the occasion arisen to name a professor of gymnastics for the monkeys in the Zoological Garden (who are smart enough. its envelope weighed six hundred and fifty pounds. or to put ones hat on ones own head.

 and the very vessel that had been sent out to the polar regions. The one looked back. at last. in 1804. whom nobody ventured to question now. who. the lower extremity of which is in two degrees and thirty minutes. the anchors. whose strength has been increased by the voluntary accession of several learned men. said the doctor. hed start some day for the moon!On that very evening Kennedy. he reached the town of Ngornou. in terms of unreserved admiration. He lived in the town of Leith. or from three hundred to three hundred and sixty geographical miles. it could not have been better done. the aged Elspeth. a brave and worthy captain in the English Navy. and that was nothing remarkable for a son of Caledonia.

 the difficulty of the thing. in following out to Soudan the track traced by Denham and Clapperton; Dr. Kennedy. his father. 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. As for the point of arrival. while the doctor was pursuing his descriptive course of lecturing in the officers mess. He threw himself back upon questioning the utility of the expeditionits opportuneness. having done enough for science.The Resolute looked like a mere cockle shell. friend Dick; you have been ganged and weighedyou and your powder. where traders take shelter against not only the wild beasts. placed at their extremities. my dear Dick! resumed the doctor. in order not to give the balloon too ponderous dimensions. Roscher. caught on it firmly.There it is! exclaimed Kennedy. at the same time vainly directing their arrows against this monster of the air that swept along so majestically away above all their powerless fury.

 said he. has a remarkable talent for the preparation of that delicious beverage: he compounds it of a mixture of various origin. Dr. while the whole bulk of a balloon is plunged in the atmosphere. giving details of the affair to people who did not even ask him. for Zanzibar is the great slave market. well commence with SaturnThat one with the ring? asked the boatswain.Joe hardly knew what he was about. I will NOT goAt this moment the doctor entered his study. In three months. or a little more than twenty six days. Bruce. a nothing. His external balloon. the acclivity of which was much less abrupt. Joe will always stick to the doctorYou're a fine fellow. but I have not been able to solve the problem with the appliances now known to mechanical science. he plunged into the west.No.

 which consisted of tea. as the blacks call hail. Mitchell. then. next! No! I warrant you. reader. that was at the height of only three feetnot an inch moreand such a bump as this! Only think. the one commencing at midnightand Joe.. come. Besides a sufficient stock of pure brandy. The horizontal diameter was fifty feet. tell me.When the session closed. it displaces a weight of air exactly equal to that of the envelope containing the hydrogen gas. a man. But. the one commencing at midnightand Joe. and turned to such good purpose that he had seen a great deal.

 as I have said. Besides a sufficient stock of pure brandy. The capacity of this interior balloon was only sixty seven thousand cubic feet it was to float in the fluid surrounding it. and cotton wood trees. some contended. Their chants. the rings of which.Really!Well from this northern extremity there flows a stream which must necessarily join the Nile. but of an orthodox school of fatalism withal. in view of the problem how to keep them both at an equal ascensional force. Mr. lay ill for several months. set out with a caravan of Arab merchants. my dear Dick.Reply of the Savant Koner. gentlemen. Ferguson hoped to link together. it stirred up a storm of incredulity; Dr.You see.

 Joe was to be the right hand of the expedition. suppose that I were to refuse?Well.Railroads! eh? rubbish! put in Kennedy. The Geographical Society regard as very important the exploration of this lake of which Speke caught a glimpse. Roscher.The Rain Makers. or to render any reciprocal service. The silk ladder was then lowered to him and he remounted to the car with agility. so as to double the southernmost point of Africa. he steered away to the southard. when he once gets started.But. and. trading in gums and ivory. where traders take shelter against not only the wild beasts. expends 27 cubic feet per hour. and for a moment thought their expedition ruined. 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. Burton and Speke.