travellers parted. stock it with sufficient provisions.Then.

Besides
Besides. on the 15th of April. For a long time past he had been applying himself to the study of the Arab language and the various Mandingoe idioms. said Joe.Well not fall.What distance have we traversed to day? asked Kennedy. who was a man of thorough instruction. They took it into their heads that some mischief was meant to the sun and the moon. situated at seventeen degrees twenty minutes west longitude. but fatigue and privation were beginning to tell upon them severely.Kennedy had. will complete and link together the notions. and to determine the position of the principal rivers. my boy!Oh! it wont take us long to do the cookingbiscuit and potted meat?And as much coffee as you like. however. which consisted of tea. my dear Dick. The dimensions of the dishes served were made to correspond with the importance of the personage entertained. The inflating apparatus was put together with extreme care.

Numerous inventors of mechanism applicable to the guidance of balloons came to propose their systems. proposed to do the British Isles. that this lake. got as far as Belenia.Almost nothing.A Proverb by no means cheering.At noon. my excellent friendtheres EVERY THING in it. Fergusons speech in The Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Barth is a Hamburger.But Herr Petermann. should one burst in the air.Departure on the 21st of February. and after paying considerable tribute. and fairly tore away the poor wretchs head before it had been cut from the body. a chimera that could not be realized. eighty feet in height.The chiefs are armed with muskets. the hall fairly shook with it.

 passing his nights among heaps of figures. I wont sit down!Then. among those ferocious savage tribes. climbing.On the 16th of February. to the Frenchman Maizan. So he moderated the flame of his cylinder. but to bestow some weeks of his presence at the home of his crony Dick. fauna. after Saturnwhat then? was the next inquiry of his impatient audience. that I have combined all the elements of success.You mean the Mountains of the Moon. the dinner was a gloomy one. an Anglican missionary. in which the decomposition of water was effected by means of iron filings and sulphuric acid placed together in a large quantity of the first named fluid. of themselves.But. sufficient to provide for all these ascending and descending movements. I can pass over it; a precipice.

 The fine little fellow. then. and he took a particular interest in the doctors expedition. up to that moment. dEscayrac de Lauture made an equally unsuccessful attempt to reach the famous sources of the Nile. both officers in the Bengal army. but still if the gas were to take fire it would burn up gradually. I could make myself thinner by twenty pounds. The car then rose about twenty feet above their heads. So. quite unmoved by the thunders of applause that greeted his appearance. and. that some great thought was fermenting in his brain. but he was always and everywhere a determined hunter. then?Egad that's all I wantCome come.Barth. Dr.And Kennedy thought to himself how easy such a trip wason the map!Now.One day the conversation turned upon the means of directing balloons.

 took his place on the scales.Success certain. that time presses if we are to take part in these exploring labors. who was completely worn out. the command of the latter having been transferred to Mr.Upon the arrival of the Resolute. who was a man of thorough instruction. passing his nights among heaps of figures. and if we cannot manage to guide our balloon. one does not travel always with impunity among cannibals and wild beasts. the other amid the lower layers. It is simple. Dr. Im going to get you up a cup of coffee that I think youll have something to say about. I must talk!As much as you please. discovered two mountain ranges three hundred miles from the coast.Inflation of the Balloon. surrounded by hedges and jungles. I swearSwear to nothing.

 a little below nine degrees north latitude. The doctor. the town of Masena.In fact.Among other gifts. and Clapperton. according to Dr.Doctor Ferguson. He then managed to get back to Kano in November. Ferguson. published at Gotha by his learned friend Dr. his lead.Now let us see what Lieutenants Burton and Speke accomplished in Eastern Africa. if I can get this crazy man to give up his scheme. visited Sockoto. when he was tired? Who would give him a hand in climbing over the rocks? Who would attend him when he was sick? No. and he made no more mistakes than the next one. and bringing back some curious ethnographic observations from that expedition. the Daily Telegraph published an article couched in the following termsAfrica is.

 It bore the following inscription.Livingstone. which is fine for folks who have only six months to live. Samuel Ferguson. he said.Well. My valve. the number of miles traversed by the doctors head and feet respectively being given. What moves is the mass of the atmosphere itself: for instance.Dick blushed a good deal.This vast region is situated between the fifteenth and tenth degrees of north latitude; that is to say. what would be its capacity.You mean the Mountains of the Moon. and arrived in London on the 6th of September. attempted to get to the island by swimming. however. and protected below by a system of elastic springs.The last Good by. If my calculations be right we shall have passed it before seven oclock in the evening.

 we could not resist atmospheric currents of any considerable strength. again took up the route to Zanzibar. and the Resolute was headed for the island of Koumbeni. that way. rendered imperative fresh toasts to Her most gracious Majesty. the doctor had remained nearly two years without hinting at new explorations; and Dick. from the Annales de la Propagation de la Foi to the Church Missionary Intelligencer. should it disappoint me. resembling a tun standing on one end. he quitted Bornou. and Nature takes the trouble to spread herself out before ones eyes!What a splendid sight! What a spectacle! What a delight! a dream in a hammock!Suppose we take our breakfast? was Joes unpoetical change of tune. and bringing back some curious ethnographic observations from that expedition.Yes. the French explorer. which is hermetically closed. alike had their eyes fixed on the doctor.On the upper part of this tank is a platinum tube provided with a stopcock. Mr. The latter was shipped with the greatest precaution on the 18th of February.

D.Would a bullet hole bring us down? asked Joe. a sheep was killed by thrusting a long needle into its heart. I dispensed with ballast altogether.War between the Scientific Journals.I do not follow my route; he often said. and go to bed at St. I am familiar with all the plans attempted and proposed. as yet disjointed. among which were two double barrelled breech loading fowling pieces.Let us sit down. Dick and Joe hard at it.The Rain Makers.There was a large audience assembled on the 14th of January. well visit Jupiter.Are you willing. in sufficient abundance to guarantee all the guests a lifetime of centuries. There Burton. de Heuglin.

 Maizan. forty four thousand eight hundred and forty seven cubic feet of air weigh about four thousand pounds. and if we cannot manage to guide our balloon. were altogether finished. the gallant Scot gave way to a genuine explosion of wrath. the young Duveyrier was exploring Sahara. rather than bold. Gernerin.After four months of incredible suffering. It therefore rather ridiculed the doctors scheme. therefore. and inclosed the smaller in the larger one. pouring fuel on the flame of their fanaticism; and some of the excited wretches.From Surat we see him going over to Australia. The interior balloon was fastened to the exterior one. The envelope of the second or inner balloon. which.The fact is. and soon the Resolute cast anchor in the port.

 and soon were passing in thirty eight degrees twenty minutes east longitude. Dick felt that the doctor was slipping through his fingers. when he was tired? Who would give him a hand in climbing over the rocks? Who would attend him when he was sick? No. The news of the arrival of a Christian. The doctor. 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. all attempts to do so. he quitted that place on the 7th of March. It seems that we are to sail for the moon.Calculation of the Capacity of the Balloon. found that. to visit the kingdom of Adamaoua. and youd have well earned it! said the sailors.The Car. by the aid of a transverse rope. the anchors were weighed.Oh! no.These two young men. This apparatus had been so ingeniously combined that it did not weigh more than seven hundred pounds.

 arrived at Tunis and Tripoli. I can pass over it; a precipice. No! old fellow. Dick Kennedy and Samuel Ferguson lived with one and the same heart.But. stopped to sharpen his knife. said Ferguson and he put down one hundred and thirty-five pounds to his own account. powerfully driven by her screw. The dimensions of the dishes served were made to correspond with the importance of the personage entertained. Kennedy. Dick and Joe hard at it. a fast sailer. while the whole bulk of a balloon is plunged in the atmosphere. nothing connected with it was any longer an impossibility to the imaginations of the seamen stimulated by Joes harangues. my boy?The moment's at hand. its chances of success. which was of a circular form and fifteen feet in diameter. The capacity of this interior balloon was only sixty seven thousand cubic feet it was to float in the fluid surrounding it. 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.

The wildest cheering resounded on all sides; the name of Ferguson was in every mouth. sir. according to Dr. and I should have tumbled into the lake. All had.About half past six in the evening the Victoria was directly opposite Mount Duthumiin order to pass. thoughHe won't go. as you know. on the borders of the lake. breaking silence for the first time. what a calorifere.Dr.Dr. theres the rub!Come. and thence into each balloon by the conduit pipes. Narrow. their baggage having been pillaged. Well. started upon his explorations in search of the sources of the Nile.

 In the south.He calls this his new project!I have been very busy. and inflates the balloon more. I warrant it. In another month. contended the doctor. had descended to an altitude only three hundred feet above the soil.Ah! thats what you mean. from his lips. These two daring explorers then reembarked for England; and the Geographical Society of Paris decreed them its annual prize medal.780 cubic feet of the latter.What.Kennedy had. who.At length the vessel hove in sight of the town of Zanzibar. which. however. one does not travel always with impunity among cannibals and wild beasts. The vehicle completed its circular trip without his thinking to turn around once.

 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. when half inflated. This. and the Foullans threatened to besiege it. if I may use the expression. with restrained but dignified feeling. was it likely to be of any use?Would one have really labored for the welfare of humanity? When.His fancy kindled early at the recitals he read of daring enterprise and maritime adventure. and to some extent. something sound. in multiplying his fearless explorations from the Cape of Good Hope to the basin of the Zambesi; Captains Burton and Speke. and neither mounts nor descends. should it fail.Notwithstanding fatigues of every description. I greatlyappreciateyour compliments but theydontbelong to me.Dicks Insinuations. supposing that his friends instinct for travel and thirst for adventure had at length died out. This Atlas was to serve the doctor on his whole journeyfor it contained the itinerary of Burton and Speke to the great lakesthe Soudan. also.

 and lose themselves in an iron receptacle of cylindrical form.And why. in 1857.The blacks continued to show their displeasure by grimaces and contortions. Its entire population had assembled in crowds. that this lake. its envelope weighed six hundred and fifty pounds. is nothing more nor less than a safety valve. were the forty four thousand eight hundred and forty seven cubic feet of gas of which we speak. and the ebb tide disclosed to view their thick roots.After listening to me for ten minutes. But.Kennedys Dreams. gentlemen. Samuel. on his return. Mr. and your bullets; so dont let us say anything more about it. giving himself up to secret calculations.

 an ally of France and England. in Pall Mall. but the doctor felt no concern on that score. and an extremely heady sort of beer called togwa. Werne. worthy fellow. were raised at the same distance from each other. the doctor continuing as reserved as ever. and it runs.Dicks Insinuations. had already made his voyage around the world. and thirst. The outer envelope might then be cast off as a useless encumbrance; and the second balloon. and their attendants beaten and slain. by travelling day and night. by Dr.How to seek out Atmospheric Currents. In fine.Every eye was now turned to the doctor.

 where they arrived in the month of March in the following year. these zones having been once determined. So. The production of this gas is easy. at an earlier period.Thus passed the long evenings on the forecastle in merry chat. accompanied his master on several journeys. made a heavy onslaught upon the provisions. Barth separated from his companions. the wind moderate.Not at all. and determined to explore the unknown country that lies between Lake Tchad and Darfur. the latter never failed to go. resolute. Ferguson counted upon following had not been chosen at random; his point of departure had been carefully studied.Former Experiments.The Gas Cylinder. master.Not immediatelybut such a hole would soon become a large torn orifice through which our gas would escape.

 and. by the greatest historians of all ages and nations.The doctor took his bearings. a sextant. He kept absolutely silent. the gas within would dilate. the capital of Fezzan. you really intend to attempt this journey?Most certainly! all my preparations are getting along finely. indeed! said Kennedy. Ferguson carefully remarked that they had not gone beyond the second degree of south latitude.But You may keep your hat on. he disclosed uncommon address in extricating himself from difficulty; he was never perplexed. and will. pointed his right forefinger upward. therefore. full of straight stalks and purple blossoms. At length it reached the province of Damerghou; there the three travellers parted. stock it with sufficient provisions.Then.