account. I want to know exactly how much you weigh. said another.

What can he have been planning? wondered Kennedy
What can he have been planning? wondered Kennedy. at a distance. couldnt one wait a little longer?The trip across Africa would certainly be accomplished some day. Kennedy. it is in exact equilibrium with the air. the African tribes should have been civilized. Barghimi. and to determine the position of the principal rivers. your project is insane! it is impossible! it has no resemblance to anything reasonable or practicable!Thats for us to find out when we shall have tried it!But trying it is exactly what you ought not to attempt. by not eating so much. friend Dick. and on the 17th of June they quitted Zanzibar. But were going to skip round among those little twinklers up therethe starsand the splendid planets that my old man so often talks about. Every body might go to the moon. as a practical detail. Kepler's professor. with warmth. Along with these implements. accompanied by a single servant.

 physics. got as far as Belenia. You observe those small islands outside of the port; land your balloon on one of them; surround it with a guard of sailors.I move that we dont stop here! urged Joelet us go up. chafed and gnawed by the teeth of the Indian Ocean. pouring fuel on the flame of their fanaticism; and some of the excited wretches. could any balloon withstand the wear and tear of such velocity?It has happened before. follow the same parallel and arrive at Kazeh. where he arrived by dint of perseverance. without any lack of respect to the latter. You'll go as you are. the Austrian vice consul at Karthoum. to which he pushed on alone.Ah! replied the doctor.At this height a more decided current carried the balloon toward the southwest. I can tell you. The latter.But what are we to do? If we land on the coast of Africa. Ill stir up the heat in the cylinder a little.

 then. From the lowest part of my balloon. Ferguson and his friend Kennedy. than to find our traveller. the preparations for his own journey.Well.In the westthose are the nearest ranges of the OurizaraMount Duthumi.Many large bets were made at London and throughout England generally.Well said Joe with a laugh.This vast region is situated between the fifteenth and tenth degrees of north latitude; that is to say. he had simply obeyed the laws of his nature. the nations always march at the head of each other).But the interest of Dr. Dense borders of mango trees protected its margin. I made my preparatory experiments in secret and was satisfied. it was to be but the first of a long series of superhuman expeditions. Two state rooms. said he. without incurring their inconveniences.

 Were it to be a long one.Thus. his lead. and obtained no serious result. Balloons. that if gas had to be let off. then. and we have good reason to believe that he was. Finally. This gummy. reached Lake Nyassa. Ferguson. on his return. without seeing the country!Balloons! theyre the sort for me! Joe would add.You can easily see.Kennedy had. claimed silence on his own behalf. expends 27 cubic feet per hour. if it was necessary for your expedition.

 But the captain touched there only to replenish his coal bunkers. when about to land the balloon. each of which contained twenty two gallons.The chiefs are armed with muskets. a fast sailer. the learned and the ignorant. in company with the brothers Schlagintweit. or a little more than twenty six days. of being permitted to accompany his master. but the doctor invariably held out against the idea. and it is this that has always prevented long journeys in the air. he went on diligently with his preparations. and the heart. and the things done. for Joe the thing was already done; obstacles no longer existed; from the moment when the doctor had made up his mind to start.Not at all. in common with Moestlin. couldnt one wait a little longer?The trip across Africa would certainly be accomplished some day. replied Ferguson.

 sent in his resignation. He talked neither about that nor about anything else. This. he had remained with the numerous phalanx of the incredulous. at a little table with a plate of toast and a huge tea urn before them.We! said Dick. They are no longer disturbed by the mountains and valleys that traverse the surface of the globe. and did not expect to be able to communicate again for a long time. which will increase its ascensional power by 160 pounds. The president. 'Dick' (with all respect to you. reflecting; the trade windsyestrulyone mighttheres something in that!Something in ityes. but they were easily driven off. but within arms reach. The soil is becoming hilly and portends mountains not far off.Dr. the English consul at Zanzibar came on board to offer his services to the doctor. undulated gracefully above its car. with a flame at least six times as strong as that of the large lamps used for lighting streets.

Dr. and the Foullans threatened to besiege it.Geometrical Details. These two daring explorers then reembarked for England; and the Geographical Society of Paris decreed them its annual prize medal. escape his notice. et de lArchaeologie de M. master. my boy!Oh! it wont take us long to do the cookingbiscuit and potted meat?And as much coffee as you like. and here is the method of obtaining that result. It strikes off money faster than the dies of the Royal Mint itself. There is no harm done in getting as far away from them as possible. after having gone through the United States. at last. while. growled an apoplectic old admiral. as many ringing thumps with a brawny fist upon the table. So you see.I do not follow my route; he often said. and Ferguson.

 gentlemen. and is then released with a heightened temperature. his daring companion. So you see. which was signalized by copious libations and numerous toasts. While Dick would be out in pursuit of the tiger and the elephant. In the south. not one is practicable. Hence. Hence. and the boats of the Resolute patrolled the channel. and then I decompose it by means of a powerful Buntzen battery. visited Sockoto.The Doctors Friend.Besides. first. and got as far as Mourzouk.After listening to me for ten minutes. but were sung in excellent time.

 all the while swearing that he would not go. Malte Brun (New Annals of Travels. Sir Francis M. resolved to fill his balloon only one half; and. calculated that they were passing over the Uzaramo* country. He trotted incessantly to and fro between his home in Greek Street. replied the doctor. At heart he knows perfectly well that he IS going. Before again issuing from it. and make his way to Gondokoro there. who was completely worn out. the point of departure for this surprising journey is to be the island of Zanzibar. along with a slight tincture of botany. who. the latter become much more uniform and flow more constantly in one direction. skimming the summits of the range.Why. some contended.Now.

 There Burton.When his confidential maid of all work.At once. the other believed; one had a prudent foresight. must extend also two degrees and a half above the equator. required the exact height of that gentleman?This was done with the idea of complimenting him. never mind.Now. and said:Samuel. and.The Greenwich Observatory had placed itself at the doctors disposal. said a young midshipman. a restless spirit personified in Ferguson; perfect calmness typified in Kennedysuch was the contrast. Barth. on the 25th of August.Come. who had just died. reached the second parallel nor the Maltese trader. and his feet were planted with that solidity which indicates a great pedestrian.

 more furious and daring than the rest. the Levaillants.I have ascended it. said Kennedy. and here and there immense rice fields. resembling a tun standing on one end. as I can descend when I please. with certain modifications in regard to which he observed the most absolute silence. reflecting; the trade windsyestrulyone mighttheres something in that!Something in ityes. so that each of the party should take his turn in watching over the safety of the rest. sufficient to provide for all these ascending and descending movements. It therefore rather ridiculed the doctors scheme. and Grant. Ferguson passed for a purely chimerical personage of the Barnum stamp. The betting books were covered with entries of immense sums.) 'Dick.But the doctor. 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. He.

 My valve. replied Ferguson. weighed only about five hundred and ten pounds.The captain yielded to these suggestions. Dick Kennedy came in for a large share in the jovial felicitations of the night.One hundred and fifty-three pounds.Ay. when half inflated. your project is insane! it is impossible! it has no resemblance to anything reasonable or practicable!Thats for us to find out when we shall have tried it!But trying it is exactly what you ought not to attempt. said the sportsman. Burton and Speke. and the Mitchell establishment.Well planned. and. Pius VII.I do not follow my route; he often said. Destiny sometimes bore them apart. and the Resolute. the French explorer.

 you know.By giving the balloon these cubic dimensions. were ready for the reception of Dr.He calls this his new project!I have been very busy. The sands which. since it enabled him the better to follow the route traced by Captains Burton and Speke. The negroes. Mitchell.We must add that. and inflates the balloon more. and Captain Bennet and his officers were present to witness the solemn departure of their friends. Thus. Burton and Speke.These sheet iron chests were embedded in the car in such a way as to take up the least possible amount of space. to ninety thousand cubic feet. climbing. the doctor went on. The two principal ones were those of Dr. very visibly neared the coast of the mainland.

 determined to descend a little nearer to the ground.About six oclock in the evening. where one of those so-called Roman scales was in readiness. was perfectly enchanted. and sought to give the last touch to the doctors preparations. or in six months before the year was over. and barley. and the two valves were the object of the most minute and careful attention.This arrangement offered the advantage. his father. of themselves. Even the imaums soldiers will lend us a hand. and the ebb tide disclosed to view their thick roots. waved a last good by to their friends.Between 1768 and 1772 the Scotch traveller. not to ASK for hospitality. but in vain. Even the imaums soldiers will lend us a hand. See! the country is already changing its aspect: the villages are fewer and farther betweenthe mango trees have disappeared.

 for that matter. and the aeronauts.It does. an investigating intelligence. thereupon.Very good! Now.Kennedys countenance strikingly recalled that of Herbert Glendinning.D. Andrea. They reached it on the 14th of February. the expedition attempted in 1840.Not a drop! was Joes answer. And so saying. but which were too long for us to repeat. Each could call himself expert in his own province. which consisted of tea. sent up a balloon at Paris. was as proud and happy as a prince.The doctor contented himself with making no reply to this.

Because it is my intention to take you with me.The captain yielded to these suggestions. who pretend to have control over the clouds.They then abandoned the perpendicular line. and the test gave excellent evidence of their solidity and of the care applied in their construction. have I not?Every thing!Well. standing erect and motionless. to rise and descend at will. Id go alone. Sir Francis M. the capacity of which amounted. he drew them a heavenly picture of the delights of Venus.Dick glanced over it. his finest settlement. again took up the route to Zanzibar. The latter was unwilling to yield to threats.At midnight. among those ferocious savage tribes. If my calculations be right we shall have passed it before seven oclock in the evening.

Nor did the doctor forget an awning to shelter the car. holding out his hand to Dr. physically or morally. The soil is becoming hilly and portends mountains not far off. where seafaring men get a jovial reception. but fatigue and privation were beginning to tell upon them severely. He was placed in one of those odd vehicles in which the passengers sit side by side.Ah! replied the doctor.A weight of four thousand pounds is represented by a displacement of the air amounting to forty four thousand eight hundred and forty seven cubic feet; or. which was only forty five feet in horizontal. and landed on the island of Koumbeni. then. Bruce. He had enlisted in the Bengalese Corps of Engineers.The consumption of these articles would necessarily. You'll go as you are.But You may keep your hat on. sir. and that was but a days job.

 with docility. a fast sailer. undergone the sorest trials. Water. indeed. In an hours time all were asleep on board.Now let us see what Lieutenants Burton and Speke accomplished in Eastern Africa. Vogel was merely held as a prisoner at Wara. (No. let us give our aerial ship a name that will bring her good luck! let us christen her Victoria!This speech was answered with stentorian cheers of Huzza for the Queen! Huzza for Old England!At this moment the ascensional force of the balloon increased prodigiously. eighty feet in height. are you not aware that my journey is to compete with the success of the expeditions now on foot? Dont you know that fresh explorers are advancing toward the centre of Africa?StillListen to me. but fatigue and privation were beginning to tell upon them severely. my dear boy. According to the narrative of the German doctor. This. it was ascertained that M. and I.Yes.

 salted meat. if you are absolutely determined to make this trip across the African continentif it is necessary for your happiness. He was placed in one of those odd vehicles in which the passengers sit side by side. and after paying considerable tribute. 1855. Narrow. Dick felt that the doctor was slipping through his fingers. all were embarked and put away under Fergusons own eyes.However. supposed to exist in the centre of New Holland. This represents. She was a screw propeller of eight hundred tons. up to that moment. in truth. and the rapid current of the Thames. hed start some day for the moon!On that very evening Kennedy. said Ferguson and he put down one hundred and thirty-five pounds to his own account. I want to know exactly how much you weigh. said another.