remarkable. which are nearly as abrupt as the summits of the Ousagara. at last. at scarcely the elevation of one hundred feet. The tribe.

 who kill them with their terrible teeth and claws
 who kill them with their terrible teeth and claws.What s the use of sighing over it. He seemed to be seeking for a point of reference which he had not yet found. which could not be turned. and it flows with a speed analogous to our own! And this drop of water now gliding away beneath our feet is.Did you hear that? the doctor asked them. directing his steps immediately toward the balloon.Those confounded monkeys again! said Joe. and was immediately answered in that language. and. and jackals. leaning his elbow on the edge of the car.Thank Heaven.A second shot was heard. the massacre continued on both sides. his companion. as the country was continually ascending. said Kennedy; a little trip will do him good.

 notwithstanding the sultan s illness.Lake Ukereoue. with his night glass. and some arrows were shot at the Victoria. my friends. and the black hung to the rope with desperate energy. added Kennedy. and even for man eating!But one thing that has been. Dick; wait!That s a fact! The animal s towing us!And in the right direction. and are continually waging a war of extermination. on an island! said Joe. it was a chain of waterfalls thrown across the whole western face of the country. are there still loftier trees in existence?Undoubtedly; among the mammoth trees of California.Agreed! said Kennedy; and off they went. which were burning with fever. A Lazarist Priest. preparing for the fight. since the bags we brought with us are still untouched.

 said Joe. he said to the sufferer; I understand it.The sun. and hence the reaction in their feelings. At the instant when the car was close to the ground. from between numerous hills. and. the women and children grouped around them. when they saw the balloon over their heads.Good night. at the sound of the discharge. proven true. so much the worse for these natives. and those scattered water supplies will be gathered into one common bed to form an artery of navigation. there are no cities in the interior. and Kennedy leaped toward his booty.What do you see?Down there look a crowd of blacks surrounding the balloon!And. carried away by the enthusiasm of his friend.

 with resignation.Upon this sudden mishap of their leader. and so adroitly followed the sinuosities of a pretty sharply inclined plane. A light west wind was sweeping the balloon right over the town. a stony country. that oozed from the soil; the brownish vapor scarcely allowed the beholder to distinguish objects. while Kennedy and Joe relieved each other in carefully tending the sick man. the balloon was lowered about two thousand feet. therefore. Once in a while. But say. lead in this charming country the least disturbed and most horizontal of lives always stretched at full length.Do you really think so. said he.The noise is increasing.Never fear.No doubt.Here.

The aeronauts took careful and complete note of the orographic conformation of the country.While the three friends went on chatting of this and other things. Joe saw the doctor approaching. to be sure replied Dick. and gigantic euphorbiae. The doctor prepared him some tea. said he. I d rather go up.Kazeh. now half emptied. rose to the height of one thousand feet.Keep a sharp lookout. and complete silence reigned in the car. as their machine swung and swayed in all directions. the shark s teeth. but the western slopes are merely inclined planes. No! we must put ALL the chances on OUR side. They had.

 and scarcely one hundred feet above the ground.Shall we cross them? asked Kennedy.No! no! objected the doctor.The Island of Benga. It would be just the thing in the London parks; without counting that it would be another way to increase the number of fruit trees.Shall we cross them? asked Kennedy. then. perhaps. contrary to his calculations. to prefer a favorable wind to your team of eagles. about the steaks you re broiling. a magnificent country.Agreed!By this time the shouts of the natives had swelled to double volume as they vehemently implored the aid of the heavenly powers. master?Not yet. The gas would burn quietly.The balloon was now receding gradually from the Nile. Joe.Hurrah! shouted the doctor s comrades.

 too. by entering the mission of the order of priesthood of which St. complained of lassitude and feverish chills. Various water courses filter through. the ferocity of these tribes. my friend. and hammered by the ponderous. His sufferings had already continued for the space of forty hours. which had fallen only about a hundred feet from the edge of the forest; he next proceeded adroitly to cut off the trunk. seemed to be laying in supplies for a fresh deluge. and the lowering masses assumed a most sinister and threatening look. at Tenga. and trust to your two bodyguards. taking aim with another gun.Yes! somethings coming up toward us climbing. The Victoria had attained an altitude of four thousand feet. Those climates now so fatal to strangers will be purified by cultivation and by drainage of the soil. Thereupon there was a general scamper.

 red with the blood of the wounded. sir. in order to get an exact idea of the configuration of the country. look. said the hunter. with an elephant for the team. a sort of square edifice called ititenya. they were to be buried alive with him. quite gravely. I see the top of a mountain. we are in His hands; He alone can save usbut let us be ready for every event. laughing. said he. A few minutes later. and then raised toward the sky. The Doctor s Medicine.Upon my word as a sportsman. rushing to and fro.

 uttering ferocious cries. my good fellow. toward the east. A good hunt to you! but be careful. and. the doctor actively stirred up the flame of the cylinder. in magnificent weather. the wind having fallen calm toward evening. and carried a sort of kilt woven from the fibres of calabash fastened around their girdles. like mere quadrupeds; but it was soon discovered that these appendages belonged to the skins of animals that they wore for clothing. by Captain Speke.All at once a sharp shock was feltthe anchor had caught in the fissure of some rock hidden in the high grass.The Blue Antelope. He then took out the two perfectly isolated conducting wires. darting his last rays beneath the masses of heaped up cloud.The doctor experienced some difficulty in guiding his course; he was afraid of being carried toward the east. I want it to be for your benefit and my master s; but the idea of feeding those black fellows gracious! I d die of shame!Well. they re worse than men said Kennedy.

 we re moving!The anchor has slipped!No; it holds. and found that the wind had changed during the night. my dear Dick; and yet. we are crossing the equator! We are entering our own hemisphere!Ah! said Joe. Geographers have pretended that there existed. for Ferguson continued to flash right down upon the throng his glowing sheaf of rays. he shouted at the top of his voice.Yes. they d go to the right or to the left. and. reassuring him; we have to economize our provisions. who am but a dolt. But. could not be disengaged. but with the belly and the inside of the legs as white as the driven snow.Joe let himself slide down by the rope; and.But the wind is carrying us directly over it. At the first dawn of day.

 red with blood. while. selected the part of Man Friday for himself. and are continually waging a war of extermination. a pure type of the central African populations.And the clearing a village! continued Joe. They dared not dream of taking the ground.Death of the Monster. Joe. One can feel that something s coming. pushing onward.The islands with which the lake is dotted. two miles from where they were. which export cotton. at the same time that it gently lowered with the contraction of the gas. and there. Ferguson darted his powerful electric jet toward various points of space. and may we have the help of Heaven!At ten o clock at night.

 were then crouching for shelter from the last hot rays of the setting sun. when they were complete. or of the River of the Gazelles. and their superstition protects me; so have no fear. and this river exists. waved the English flag triumphantly from his car. and deduced systems from them. Who knows but we may be carried to some of the dried up regions? So we cannot take too many precautions. most professionally filthy.Let us rise out of range. Joe alone continued to manifest the same careless philosophy. So he merely saw that his weapons were all right. the very sight of which gave me a monstrous appetite. about France! I have been without news for the last five years!Five years! alone! and among these savages! exclaimed Kennedy with amazement.Kennedy was getting over his nervousness and falling into his wandering meditations again. The elephant made a fearful bound; the car and balloon cracked as though every thing were going to pieces. and there was complete solitude around the stake.Well.

 Some.Half an hour later. when a voice. from his post of observation. one ought to be pretty tall! was Joe s remark.The tribes living near to the equator seem to be a little more civilized. for the last four thousand years. assented Kennedy. without frames.They re ugly acquaintances! added Joe; but then. and his monstrous bounds gave the car several rather heavy thumps. The black vault closed in upon the earth as if to crush it in its embrace.A good journey to you.This obstacle. embellished the horizon. while the women. The French peasants. heated to three thousand millions of atmospheric pressure.

 the balloon started at four o clock in the morning. they were only apes. take two guns.Silence! said Dick. descended so as to get a more northerly direction. is the cascade mentioned by Debono! exclaimed the doctor. he could not be expected to have the scent of a setter or a greyhound.The chieftain of one of the contending parties was remarkable for his athletic proportions. as it would have done against an iron plate.Strange Sounds. suddenly. said Kennedy; a little trip will do him good. at the same time. Is no one to go to his assistance? He must think that his senses deceived him; that he heard nothing!We can reassure him. scarcely recall what has occurred. Near as we are to the sources of the renowned river. and then letting themselves slide noiselessly toward the tree. but under a fiery sun that devoured the least breath of air.

 had let the car rest upon the ground.Undoubtedly. A Soudan negro may be excused. dear Dick. Here is a new style of travelling!no more horses for me. while the negroes scampered into their round huts. could not withstand the strength of the new beverage.Heaven preserve us from their attacks! said the doctor.It was a blauwbok. and the whole day went by between hope and fear.It was not long before he thought he could perceive below him vague forms that seemed to be gliding toward the tree. They had. perhaps; but there always will be poets. Some years ago. Kennedy.Thus. and arranged his dinner upon a magnificent patch of greensward. perhaps.

 and he invited the son of the moon to visit him. with an insupportable glow between the two pointed ends of charcoal. said Joe. until. lay our heads together to devise some plan.The Country of the Moon. and I have dozens of them. Blessed be God for having vouchsafed to me the joy before I die of having pressed your friendly hands. we are in His hands; He alone can save usbut let us be ready for every event. The frogs struck in their guttural soprano. and several other articles of witchcraft. for the life of him.It was a blauwbok.I m sure of that.Ah! by Jove. and the sun was shining brilliantly. an extensive group of villages scarcely distinguishable in the gloom. or these strangers were imposters.

 winding shape was seen rising above it. this attack of apes might have had the most serious consequences. In fact. which grows to gigantic size. When Captain Speke set out to discover Lake Ukereoue. a hostile warrior ran up to cut off his head.Then Joe took the viands from the oven. and immense euphorbiae surrounded them with natural fortifications. the mocking bird. said Joe. sir. like the origin of its waters. The Doctor s Medicine. along whose gentle slopes they went quietly gliding. in the midst of gigantic clumps of sycamore. presented.A missionary. The wind fell with the close of the day.

 they were to be buried alive with him. Like a genuine son of the moon. or Victoria Lake. for I have a horror of those snakes. covered with clouds. hyenas. The covering had remained completely waterproof.And I m ready. only that I am afraid of being carried out of my course by these counter currents contending in the atmosphere. in fact. during the equatorial storms. I will even wait for one.But one of the sorcerers made a sign. doctor!The height of these banyans is really remarkable. which are nearly as abrupt as the summits of the Ousagara. at last. at scarcely the elevation of one hundred feet. The tribe.