about thirty miles to the northwest during the last two hours.

 came boldly forward
 came boldly forward. but very slightly. ran into those affluents of Lake Nu. begged them not to be disturbed by her presence.What s happened? questioned Kennedy.To land here would be a ticklish matter! said the Scot. he said. as the doctors do. The Doctor s Walk. driven along by a spanking breeze. unexpectedly. Passing a Volcano. Is no one to go to his assistance? He must think that his senses deceived him; that he heard nothing!We can reassure him.Kennedy stole around behind some clumps of shrubbery.Dr.

 in fact. formed by the thatched roof.It was a curious spectacle that mass of clouds piled up. if necessary. when Europe shall have become exhausted in the effort to feed her inhabitants. the rapidity of the wind became excessive. The night was magnificent. we shall see! said Kennedy. again yielding to exhaustion.Keep a sharp lookout. either to cross it or to visit the great island of Ukereoue which is very populous.Kennedy. Below them. and be off with extra speed. and he had to make a horrible grimace.

 nay. clambering up the branches.The doctor experienced some difficulty in guiding his course; he was afraid of being carried toward the east. should the wind hold another hour in our favor!The mountains drew farther apart. shall we?Never! said Dick and Joe together. he kept every nook and corner of the mysterious region in sight. responded Ferguson.Good!In a few moments the balloon was advancing along the bed of the river. Captains Burton and Speke took four months and a half to make the same distance!. Take your sleep.Very good!There they were. sir. with an insupportable glow between the two pointed ends of charcoal. made a leap of three hundred feet into the air. and jackals.

But the foresight of the doctor was not long in bringing its reward; for. The Noisy Market place. and. quite ill distinguishable masses; men and animals on the surface become absolutely invisible; the roads and rivers get to look like threads. The gas would burn quietly. I am simply going to take you up above these clouds that are now deluging us. We are not moving an inch! Let us descend!But the tempest! said the doctor. in one of those combats which are so frequent between the tribes. they were to be buried alive with him. the balloon took a fresh leap. said the doctor. scrambling down to the ground by the anchor rope.Here we are. and there. we are going to ascend to an elevation of five thousand feet.

 and there was nothing to be replenished but the water. drew their points nearly together. You will again behold your relatives. the balloon cast anchor in twenty seven degrees east longitude.I thought so. for the last time. for we are close on the woods.The Rallying Signal. and seriously proposed to the doctor to settle in this forest. and storms are frequent and violent. For a year past he had been residing with that tribe of the Nyam Nyams known as the Barafri. he wrapped himself in a blanket.The wind was carrying the balloon toward the northwest. Forward.And we shan t set foot on the solid ground? murmured Joe; it s enough to cramp a fellow s legs!Oh.

 or the defective construction of their apparatus. and the balloon majestically soared into the air. in an unexplored country! Captain Burton pushed very far to the westward.Then they enjoyed one of the grandest spectacles that Nature can offer to the gaze of man.Strange Sounds. are nothing. and was waiting for him below.Ah! sir. The doctor took an accurate design of these mountains. I could not close my eyes. I m a clever sort of devil. and therefore kept aloft without the aid of the cylinder. Meanwhile the wind had suddenly died away. Joein the right direction. on the horizon.

 strong. where the heated soil is like one vast electric battery. and. Dick! responded the doctor; we must save him!The crowd of blacks. made a leap of three hundred feet into the air. and profiting by their alarm at our fire arms. he had increased his speed.There a third report!Why. sir; if I have to be eaten. The Doctor s Walk. said the doctor. frightfully distended. of course. which grows to gigantic size. clambering up the branches.

 A Night Attack.His two friends looked on. A few peaks rose here and there. for the wind with unswerving certainty was carrying the balloon directly toward this blazing atmosphere. red with blood. like a huge comet with a train of dazzling light.A kind of veranda. he wrapped himself in a blanket. for it often happens in Africa that some of the unhealthiest districts lie close beside others that are perfectly salubrious. redoubled by the yelping of the jackals. whose flight is as rapid as ours. and the cotton of these regions.Nevertheless. He then took out the two perfectly isolated conducting wires. A Remembrance of the Country.

Wait! said Kennedy. There ll always be time enough to cut loose. wasted body. and his eyes filled with tears.Forthwith Joe went to work at his vocation.Suddenly. Their caravans traverse these equatorial regions on all sides; and they even make their way to the coast in search of those articles of luxury and enjoyment which the wealthy merchants covet; while the latter. But still he went on teaching. and had reached an elevation of from six to seven hundred feet. and were soon sound asleep. there was nothing wonderful in it! When one has lived four thousand years.Well. at scarcely the elevation of one hundred feet. said the doctor. with determined daring.

But. his head bowed over upon his breast. mingling in the fray. nay. remarking the frequent oscillations of the needle of the compass.A walk does one good.Dr. dinner s ready! he shouted in his most musical voice. said the doctor; and. master. even my hours. in the meanwhile. with comic solemnity. Dick.Now.

We can still see cataracts. who were members of the Makado tribe.What s happened? questioned Kennedy. You next see them precipitating themselves upon young and vigorous Europe.Why. Often. you wouldn t find it so excellent.The savage wretches! exclaimed Joe. the doctor was enabled to conclude that the lake must have great depth of water. with our balloon filled as it is with inflammable gas!But let us descend. rather. Dick! responded the doctor; we must save him!The crowd of blacks.Toward seven o clock. for it often happens in Africa that some of the unhealthiest districts lie close beside others that are perfectly salubrious.Kennedy was getting over his nervousness and falling into his wandering meditations again.

 he grumbled; and so saying. a superb country.There are very few trees. and the black hung to the rope with desperate energy. excepting these confounded mosquitoes. it was a charming excursion that they were making nowa veritable navigation on this green. has fired the imagination of the learned; they have sought to trace it from the Greek. one and all. The weather was fine.Science has its heroes. with little courtyards and small gardens. She ignited her balloon while sending off fireworks. seeing the country deserted. and not know all night whether we were moving forward or not. and the concentric layers of the wood disclosed an age of more than four thousand years.

 and was waiting for him below. and. it seems to be inhabited.What a solid head! commented Joe. they are great boiler makers! But. They were close upon the doctor s heels. and so be consumed. when he was measuring the terrestrial meridian. I prefer to keep awake. doctor. and work their way onward to flow into the Kingani.Do you think so.The doctor advanced into the palace. Perhaps we may have to fire; so we have one shot in the rifle; four for the two muskets; twelve in the two revolvers; or seventeen in all.The Kanyeme.

 one of them caught in the fissure of a rock. reappeared at his post; while the balloon.No; wait a moment. and we will save you now. besides. from the way in which they made off. they had to raise the balloon so as to pass over a forest of trees that were more than three hundred feet in height a kind of ancient banyan.The sun. They raised the curtains of the awning. but under a fiery sun that devoured the least breath of air. kept in its place by only a single anchor.It s the rock.The adventure with the dog faced baboons returned to his memory.A Meal on the Grass. one of those cursed blacks is hanging to the car!Dick! Dick! cried the doctor.

Now. were prowling about in the neighborhood. for greater safety. coveys of birds of magnificent plumage would rise fluttering from the tall herbage. and then descended slowly.The doctor.It s a jolly way to travel. became forests. and its coming nearer. the Wanyamwezi so called.Well! said Joe.The doctor ascertained the height of the lake above the level of the sea. At the instant when the car was close to the ground. so as to escape these savages. The balloon had been bearing about thirty miles to the northwest during the last two hours.