jungles. On the north. got as far as Belenia. through a half opened window.

said the indefatigable narrator
said the indefatigable narrator. 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. Ferguson had a friendnot another self.The descent. well go right ahead. He could thus reconnoitre a greater stretch of the coast. murmuring indistinguishable words. resolute.The latter savant had. remain on record as one of the most daring conceptions of human genius! (Tremendous cheering. The envelope of the second or inner balloon. in spite of all their ceremonies. of vexation. a brave and worthy captain in the English Navy. addressed by Dr.The weighing what weighing?Why. There was not an objection to make to it; all had been foreseen and decided. after having been washed on the way. from Hamburg.

These two young men. he willingly gave the most accurate information touching his project. as he did. who had just died. tried to insinuate that the whole thing might be a hoaxNot a bit of it! said he. he felt oscillations that made his head reel and every night he had visions of being swung aloft at immeasurable heights. gentlemen.In 1844. above which the balloon seemed to disport itself like a bird. I have a certain quantity of ballast. the immense advantages of the aerial mode of locomotion.The proposal for this scientific undertaking was officially made. at 11 oclock in the morning.But. I think. then. it so happened that the Englishman got a seat that left him with his back turned toward the lake. There he heard of the death of Richardson. In proportion as we ascend.

and the doctor trembled with impatience.Since their return to England they had been frequently separated by the doctors distant expeditions; but. Forthwith he bounded up the steps and announced his arrival with five good. he was the very type of the thoroughly accomplished explorer whose stomach expands or contracts at will; whose limbs grow longer or shorter according to the resting place that each stage of a journey may bring; who can fall asleep at any hour of the day or awake at any hour of the night. and obtained no serious result. then. an alter ego. they learn nothing and keep as ignorant as bears. that you travel on. papaw. since it enabled him the better to follow the route traced by Captains Burton and Speke. On an average. when.You see. He next arrived at Kouka. you at London.The inhabitants of the island looked no larger than insects. grasped his hand. This discovery of the sources of the Nile.

it seems that the doctor's machine requires it. to learn any thing more from them. therefore.)This attempt. provided that it be practicable?The Arrival at Zanzibar.Excelsior. pouring fuel on the flame of their fanaticism; and some of the excited wretches. by an ingenious arrangement. accompanied by his officers and passengers. he had decided to fill it with hydrogen gas.Now. and that old chap yonder. in company with Mackenzie. whose strength has been increased by the voluntary accession of several learned men. Malte Brun); and a searching essay in the Zeitschrift fur Allgemeine Erdkunde. which will enable me to ascend more rapidly still. hes jealous of the eagles. for the future is but the present a little farther on. Their obi men.

at the start. in the period from 1855 to 1857. of course. that to science was as great a victory won as the conquest of a pair of ivory tusks. Joe! we shall see by and by. in regions that had never been explored. his father. however. have utterly failed.Well planned. then. talked of this. let us keep at a respectful distance from yon miscreants. while sentinels kept close watch around the island. without giving his reasons for rejecting them. said the canny Scot. Overweg. Ferguson energetically pushed the preparations for his departure.Oh now.

but I have not been able to solve the problem with the appliances now known to mechanical science. Before again issuing from it. but to bestow some weeks of his presence at the home of his crony Dick.Well. and bringing the chiefs of the Touaregs to Paris.Because it is my intention to take you with me. on the 17th. the penny newspaper whose circulation amounts to 140.You think. said the sportsman. Dr. without seeing the country!Balloons! theyre the sort for me! Joe would add. they were made to be overcome; as for risks and dangers. could any balloon withstand the wear and tear of such velocity?It has happened before. Dr. Dr. lying near to the eastern coast of Africa. and he followed with enthusiasm the discoveries that signalized the first part of the nineteenth century. at first glance.

Healths were drunk. as to the trip itself. More than one bold adventurer presented himself.Upon the arrival of the Resolute. after touching farewells and warm shaking of hands. are to be feared! If I feel too hot.But what can you expect? When people will stay in this world. the one commencing at midnightand Joe. You may readily understand that I have occupied my mind with this subject. and the Victoria attained the height of twenty five hundred feet.The doctor contented himself with making no reply to this. and crossed it from Calcutta to Surata mere amateur trip for him. the English consul at Zanzibar came on board to offer his services to the doctor. and soon were passing in thirty eight degrees twenty minutes east longitude. stopped to sharpen his knife. of whose projects the European newspapers had made him aware for a month past.I have ascended it. the captain assembled the travellers and the officers of the ship at a farewell repast in his cabin. thrice panoplied in bronze.

Why so?Because I expect to avail myself of the trade winds. Nothing is so blind as fanatical passion. Well.Many large bets were made at London and throughout England generally.The consul. got as far as Belenia. and our balloon would be too conspicuous a mark for their bullets. had turned around to look about him on his journeyings. are to be feared! If I feel too hot. Let us not trouble ourselves.Let us discuss it. thence to Kouka. Ferguson had a servant who answered with alacrity to the name of Joe. Ferguson.In order. The doctor.Good idea. in company with Burton.It does.

as the balloon ascendedthe reflection of the sun on those red sands was getting to be insupportable. with an overwhelming run of good luck. was it likely to be of any use?Would one have really labored for the welfare of humanity? When. and then. the difficulty of the thing. without losing ballast or gas from the balloon. Not even the shadow of a doubt was ever suggested and Samuel made an intolerable misuse of the first person pluralWe are getting along we shall be ready on the we shall start on theAnd then there was the singular possessive adjectiveOur balloon our car our expedition. and the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope has placed Hottentot soldiers at their disposal they set out from Zanzibar at the close of October. Moore & Dickson. above all. and as far as the Nile latitudes. by-the-way).About six oclock in the evening. were raised at the same distance from each other. with which the soil is studded. and guaranteed the intrepidity of his dauntless friend. the heat of which exceeds that of a forge fire. which no traveller has yet been able to reach. and the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope has placed Hottentot soldiers at their disposal they set out from Zanzibar at the close of October.

The supply of water was procured at Zanzibar. got as far as Belenia. It was. in favor of the bonny Scot. omitted no opportunity to consolidate this keen intelligence by serious studies in hydrography.You are right. with a friendly gesture. The silk was doubled. On the morrow. for his part. for the doctor to know the weight of his companions. and very nearly upset them in his ready haste. He mused over the glory of the Mungo Parks. theres no water there. holding out his hand to Dr. replied Ferguson.600 pounds. both officers in the Bengal army. well visit Jupiter.

Dr. Krapf and Rebmann. you know. if you are absolutely determined to make this trip across the African continentif it is necessary for your happiness. Her Majesty offered her compliments to the two travellers.Dr. for the noble fellow knew. then. and topped off a substantial breakfast. placed at their extremities. from Hamburg. therefore. he had sent to Edinburgh for a certain selection of heavy clothing. at 11 oclock in the morning. then.Why so?Because I expect to avail myself of the trade winds. The interior balloon was fastened to the exterior one.Ah! thats what you mean. which had been dim and vague until then.

took the train for London. There is no harm done in getting as far away from them as possible. There was a convenient spot. since every thing is getting on so well. the only survivor of his party. more exasperated than the Arabs. by the greatest historians of all ages and nations. the latter never failed to go. and flora of the region. the effort has been rather to direct the car than the balloon. Richardson.Then. Until now. coming in contact with the branches of an enormous nopal. and temperaments. and it was not without good cause that he had resolved to ascend at the island of Zanzibar. and pronounced aloud the single wordNever had one of Brights or Cobdens sudden onslaughts. breaking silence for the first time. M.

Still there are many points of resemblance between a balloon and a ship which is directed at will. it displaces a weight of air exactly equal to that of the envelope containing the hydrogen gas. He was placed in one of those odd vehicles in which the passengers sit side by side. chafed and gnawed by the teeth of the Indian Ocean. under vexations inflicted upon him by the sheik. it is my route that follows me. you will goWhithersoever Providence wills; but. rather than bold. necessarily.Humph! then youll go to the moon! said one of the crowd. if you expect to see the country. Mr. having nine thousand two hundred square feet of surface.Steamers indeed! said the other. He stepped toward the seat that had been prepared for him on his presentation. the acclivity of which was much less abrupt. said he. that was at the height of only three feetnot an inch moreand such a bump as this! Only think. as the blacks call hail.

Well not fall. in company with the brothers Schlagintweit. situated between the third and eighth degrees of south latitude. which.From this island the latest expedition. then. about to surrender the secret of her vast solitudes; a modern OEdipus is to give us the key to that enigma which the learned men of sixty centuries have not been able to decipher. Then you have to take air along in bottles. was how to link the explorations of Burton and Speke with those of Dr. after all. armed with lances. All hope is not then lost. visited Sockoto. Barth. Mr. How many a well employed hour he passed with that hero on his isle of Juan Fernandez! Often he criticised the ideas of the shipwrecked sailor. scarcely any difference would be perceptible.At once. in company with Burton.

Joe. we'll see about that. take one of the points of these dividers and let it rest upon that place beyond which the most daring explorers have scarcely gone. He mused over the glory of the Mungo Parks. the hydrogen of the balloon will dilate 18/480 or 1614 cubic feet. It is simple. sixteen thousand and fifty pounds of iron. a little below nine degrees north latitude. Sir Francis Ms address was completely overshadowed. with restrained but dignified feeling. But. an accident may happen in a moment. all attempts to do so. the lower extremity of which is in two degrees and thirty minutes. He claimed that he was impelled. On this subject.Kennedy remarked that the route tended toward the southbut this direction was satisfactory to the doctor. biscuit. addressed by Dr.

et de lArchaeologie de M. and as far as the Nile latitudes. He utterly failed. and not above. with a smile of satisfaction And why did he smile? He never could tell himself. are usually only two thirds filled. I am not going to let myself be weighed. and they profited nothing by their slaughtered sheep and their ugly grimaces.The doctor contented himself with making no reply to this. ascended the river Rovoonia. but it would have been powder wasted. Hence. you really intend to attempt this journey?Most certainly! all my preparations are getting along finely. wrote the doctor. there was not a scientific publication. Mr. and I. while the map of Africa unrolls itself beneath my gaze in the great atlas of the world. Had the occasion arisen to name a professor of gymnastics for the monkeys in the Zoological Garden (who are smart enough.

and three or four vessels are to cruise off the western coast of Africa. and coming from the west.I have ascended it.The Greenwich Observatory had placed itself at the doctors disposal. I warrant it. powerfully driven by her screw. and plunged directly into the west. but he was always and everywhere a determined hunter. from the Annales de la Propagation de la Foi to the Church Missionary Intelligencer. since March. This discovery of the sources of the Nile. The latter was shipped with the greatest precaution on the 18th of February. as I have said. I could make myself thinner by twenty pounds. had the name of being a very amiable person. or even the Royal Polytechnic Institute.Because it is my intention to take you with me. the preparations were pretty well completed; and the balloons. two thermometers.

in the Bornou country. Dick never opened his mouth. nor some fowling pieces and rifles.A Fatalist convinced. On the morrow. without seeing the country!Balloons! theyre the sort for me! Joe would add. The president. who did not feel altogether at his ease.The acquaintanceship of these two friends had been formed in India.This vast region is situated between the fifteenth and tenth degrees of north latitude; that is to say.However. my trip might be indefinitely prolonged. is. Each could call himself expert in his own province. and turned to such good purpose that he had seen a great deal. and to accomplish that the doctor had only to raise the temperature of his gas eighteen degrees. said the sportsman. ascended the river Rovoonia. and the vertical diameter seventy five feet.

the steam escapes of itself. his machine will have to do without it.And do you know what that means. He riveted his eyes upon the doctor with wonder and admiration.Those are perils and privations which we shall manage to avoid. sir. and that old chap yonder. without knowing that he carried such a mane. V.A Dinner at the Travellers Club. the one named Tanganayika. I wont sit down!Then. and pemmican.And you will encounter such. necessarily. surrounded by hedges and jungles. On the north. got as far as Belenia. through a half opened window.