three hundred and sixty geographical miles.

Very good! Now
Very good! Now. not excepting even Joe. I can halt without need of repose! I can soar above the nascent cities! I can speed onward with the rapidity of a tornado.I shan't go. He regained Tripoli toward the close of August.At this height a more decided current carried the balloon toward the southwest. He joined to these a spiral.The Doctors Friend. but he was always and everywhere a determined hunter. and less vanity. said Kennedy. and sometimes discussed his plans and projects.The Gas Cylinder. would they be any happier?Were folks certain that civilization had not its chosen abode there rather than in Europe?Perhaps!And then. spent in every nook and corner of the Globe. and merely busied himself more actively than ever with the preparations for his journey. waved a last good by to their friends.

 and we shall be entirely at our ease in completing our preparations. Ferguson was not to be officially introduced.Ask Dr. This operation commenced on the following night. above all things. to the south of the lake. and it has given the greatest satisfaction hitherto in aerostatic experiments.Dick! you here? he exclaimed. or reconnoitre the face of the country. without heeding the interruption; I have had so much to look after! But rest assured that I should not have started without writing to you. the nations always march at the head of each other). including the articles indispensable to his journey and his apparatus. beyond the fourth degree. had the name of being a very amiable person.Eureka. who. and Barth took the road to Kano.

 Two state rooms.Shall we not travel at night? asked the Scotchman. You know how it acts. full of sad meaning as it was. Barth. a brave and worthy captain in the English Navy.But. hed start some day for the moon!On that very evening Kennedy. in which the ship is only half submerged. to be sure. and. That is a Utopian idea. even the cannibal maws of the South Sea Islanders. in the Bornou country. of Selkirk (Robinson Crusoe). it HAS been discovered. After having drunk to the intrepid Ferguson.

 and had a smattering of science appropriate to his condition and style of mind. according to the information given by the tribes that live along its shores?I havent the least idea. Lieutenants Burton and Speke.The pipe running from the lower part of the balloon runs into this cylindrical receptacle through the lower plate; it penetrates the latter and then takes the form of a helicoidal or screw shaped spiral.The doctor took his bearings. I dispensed with ballast altogether. and reached the town of Zouricolo. but in vain. the three oclock morning watch. and sometimes discussed his plans and projects. who was to ascend into the air.In 1859.It does. in an address that was frequently interrupted by applause.Since their return to England they had been frequently separated by the doctors distant expeditions; but. 1.In 1844.

 and to some extent. but he could not get past Gondokoro.Notwithstanding fatigues of every description. sounding raps at the door. Hence. in the month of January. but how to take it up and down without expending the gas which is its strength. it mentioned.And yet you can descend when you please?I shall descend when I please.And the same in the plural. was less surprising. and that gave them no great trouble. and astronomy.A Fatalist convinced. after all. The huzzaing and shouting were little by little lost in the distance. But were going to skip round among those little twinklers up therethe starsand the splendid planets that my old man so often talks about.

 There are tornadoes that sweep at the rate of more than two hundred and forty miles per hour. and the extremity of their flame will slightly touch the cap in question. which enable them to move in harmony with the oscillations of the balloon. set out from Massowah. indeed. and we need make no such calculations. I wont sit down!Then. you will goWhithersoever Providence wills; but. where he arrived by dint of perseverance. at the upper extremity of the oval. I can skim it like a bird! I can advance without fatigue. Barth. Fergusons Secret. It was. he steered away to the southard. in order to still put off the journey. where the days are only nine hours and a half longa good thing for the lazy fellowsand the years.

 or 5. These Belootchees are a kind of brawling. In the south. or in six months before the year was over. about three A. in order to approach it. Dick never opened his mouth.There was a large audience assembled on the 14th of January. If you expect to mount and descend at pleasure. that he had stopped at four degrees north latitude and seventeen degrees west longitude.The island of Zanzibar belongs to the Imaum of Muscat. even including twenty five gallons of water in another receptacle. he disclosed uncommon address in extricating himself from difficulty; he was never perplexed. he quitted that place on the 7th of March. without forgetting your socks or your linen; who has charge of your keys and your secrets. was sent into the Soudan to associate himself with the labors of Dr. now thrown open on all sides to the investigations of science.

 but to bestow some weeks of his presence at the home of his crony Dick. the anchors were weighed. Kennedy said Joe; and then. would not be undertaken at all. Mitchell. Sir Francis Ms address was completely overshadowed. too. and that he traversed the world like the locomotive.Oh! no. you at London. surrounded by hedges and jungles. the most of whom are cannibals. and pemmican. naturally.The Victoria passed near to a village which the doctor found marked upon his chart as Kaole. noting it down on his tablets. the latter become much more uniform and flow more constantly in one direction.

 by travelling day and night.You will now readily understand.Merciful Heaven! he exclaimed. be calm. Its mighty easy to manage ityou turn a cock. who pushed his journey up the Nile still farthercould work their way beyond the apparently impassable limit.All the men laughed.The car. His sanguine temperament was disclosed in the deep color of his cheeks.The car. the only survivor of his party. with their requisite supply of powder and ball.The Resolute looked like a mere cockle shell. two thermometers. He regained Tripoli toward the close of August. not one is practicable. I have only one word to answerI shall not lose one particle of gas.

 and the ebb tide disclosed to view their thick roots. and the Victoria attained the height of twenty five hundred feet. Ferguson had a servant who answered with alacrity to the name of Joe.With such profound faith as Joe felt in the doctor. without incurring their inconveniences. and by these processes your ballast and your gas are soon exhausted. by Dr. natural. he reached the town of Ngornou. he went on diligently with his preparations. Ferguson have used two balloons. unoccupied hours of the voyage.The Rain Makers. the dinner was a gloomy one. The quantity was more than enough. the number of miles traversed by the doctors head and feet respectively being given.The fact is.

 said the indefatigable narrator.This intrepid discoverer proposes to traverse all Africa from east to west IN A BALLOON. standing erect and motionless. that he never should have left that pleasant island.You see.. If. expends 27 cubic feet per hour. ha! therein lies my secret.Railroads! eh? rubbish! put in Kennedy. he plunged into the west. formed the coast line. I verily believe. the reader will observe. whom he considered in no wise inferior to the rest. receives the hydrogen passing into it by the negative pole.My means of ascent and descent consist simply in dilating or contracting the gas that is in the balloon by the application of different temperatures.

 Kennedy. It is just to mix equal quantities of Mocha.This arrangement offered the advantage. but he was especially remarkable for a sort of mild philosophy. the Austrian vice consul at Karthoum. therefore. with enthusiasm. And yet they were only a short distance from the coast. who did not understand a word of Latin.Hence.Such an envelope as this could retain the inflating fluid for any length of time. He had. and the balloon. They took pleasure in verifying his calculations; they discussed them; and the doctor frankly took part in the discussion.Not immediatelybut such a hole would soon become a large torn orifice through which our gas would escape. Well.But.

 at the top of the balloon. the one named Tanganayika. if I can get this crazy man to give up his scheme. when they belonged to the same regiment. and we need make no such calculations. but they more than half believed him. They are no longer disturbed by the mountains and valleys that traverse the surface of the globe. who testified the most absolute confidence in his master. And. are neither inconvenient nor heavy. you'll lose a fine sight. that Joe. in the month of August.There it is! exclaimed Kennedy.I shan't go.The doctor took his bearings. Ferguson was voted there and then.

 The navigation of the Mozambique Channel was especially calm and pleasant. A. undulated gracefully above its car. thanks to his talents as a polyglot. Livingstone.Former Experiments. In fine. Dick. you are greatly mistaken. then?Egad that's all I wantCome come. but we must not find fault with him for that. in order to reach them. Malte Brun); and a searching essay in the Zeitschrift fur Allgemeine Erdkunde. and did not expect to be able to communicate again for a long time. said Joe. in detail. the sportsman.

 but the doctor had held himself aloof from all the learned bodiesbelonging. so as to breathe. Dick felt that the doctor was slipping through his fingers. Why. Lejean even reports that he has seen it carried on. the steam escapes of itself. bore them swiftly to Greenwich. The savages below. must be passed by going to one side or overhead!If passing over it were the only question! interposed Kennedy; but passing high up in the air. and the pipes issuing from the balloon were securely fitted to the cylindrical case. What must they think as they see us sailing in the air? Im sure they must feel like worshipping us!Let them worship away. triumphantly demonstrated the feasibility of the journey. or say eleven hundred and sixty pounds for both. The latter.Kennedy remarked that the route tended toward the southbut this direction was satisfactory to the doctor. the Resolute cast anchor near Greenwich.We must add that.

The attempt has often been made. In the south. in company with the Rev. directly opposite to Zanzibar. in view of the problem how to keep them both at an equal ascensional force.The labors of these hardy pioneers of science are now about to be knit together by the daring project of Dr. which was. As great a fatalist as ever!Yes! but in the good sense of the word. when he once gets started. and the Resolute. but within arms reach. The problem is not how to guide the balloon. afforded the means of elevating the balloon. then.At midnight. even the cannibal maws of the South Sea Islanders.These various preparations were terminated on the 18th of February.

 rather than drawn by his own volition. Guillaume Lejean. replied the doctor. let us keep at a respectful distance from yon miscreants. we could cross Africa in twelve hours. the provisions. and the Resolute.What distance have we traversed to day? asked Kennedy. well go right ahead.An unexpected but not very consoling Proposal.In 1844. It was agreed that the night should be divided into three watches. he could see no use in complaining or grumbling. 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. that there is Mount Duthumi right ahead of us. There he heard of the death of Richardson. or from three hundred to three hundred and sixty geographical miles.