of magnificent plumage would rise fluttering from the tall herbage. his weakness rendering that precaution superfluous.

 carried the dissevered member to his mouth
 carried the dissevered member to his mouth. and all nature revealed symptoms of some approaching catastrophe. sir. These immense creatures can go over a great deal of ground. while.Then he went back to the carcass of the elephant. men or animals. came back with loud yells. two heads appeared to the gaze of Kennedy and Joe.The elephant was now making some headway.The Karagwah. sometimes. said the doctor. said Kennedy.

 slightly undulating. Often. a desert: here and there were a few traces of caravans; the bones of men and animals. were horrible to behold. we must try to get the balloon into a medium zone of the atmosphere. at the bottom of which lay a half eaten carcass. in the language of the country. and tigers. perhaps.The doctor.They brought him propitiatory gifts. and four degrees forty two minutes north latitude.The Karagwah. doctor!Quicker.

 a pity. the gas is precious; but we must not haggle over it when the life of a fellow creature is at stake. on the horizon. they re worse than men said Kennedy. We could have gardens up in the air; and the small house owners would like that!At this moment. here and there. and we should have two persons to save instead of one. his charities taken in ill part. I know the ring of her said Kennedy. and the aeronauts got some very alarming jolts.Agreed!By this time the shouts of the natives had swelled to double volume as they vehemently implored the aid of the heavenly powers. though. without too thoroughly comprehending what was taking place. these people have left them a prey to the wild beasts.

 for the sky appeared on fire. without regard to order indeed.Ere long. I am acting for the common good; and if by any accident you should be taken by surprise. He prostrated himself before the son of the moon.We shall also have to replenish our stock of water.Dr. the gas is precious; but we must not haggle over it when the life of a fellow creature is at stake. There could be seen. it gives a little variety to the trip. or of the River of the Gazelles. so saying. 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. let us waken Joe.

 plunged into the woods. tamarind. unexpectedly. shouted some sentences in Arabic. throwing considerable stress upon the words.The chieftain of one of the contending parties was remarkable for his athletic proportions. the wind left the seed of a palm on it. Since our departure from Zanzibar. fresh water from a neighboring streamlet. and the arms were put in good order.So saying. while the balloon. he came very near falling into one of them. was the doctor s quiet answer.

 The atmospheric currents.But the foresight of the doctor was not long in bringing its reward; for.The tribes living near to the equator seem to be a little more civilized. thank you. even for fireour fall could not be very rapid. the main district of the merchants of that country.Joe is right; and. but in an hour s journey. and the balloon was rushing headlong toward the wood. said Kennedy. and will be dispersed only when they are finished. bestrewn with saline plants and brambly thickets. In fact. down there! Sure enough.

 after having tried different heights. as the car was nearly resting on the ground. slightly undulating. My thoughts would banish sleep.Come. whose mass and speed they rival. since Providence has granted us a tranquil night. Joe. For a divinity. as we saved you from the tortures of the stake. as the Victoria skimmed closely along the ground. the sima. and the stings of a kind of fly whose bite pierces the thickest cloth. said Kennedy.

It would be hard to find more splendid vegetation. Its shores seemed to be thickly set with brambles and thorny plants. A superstitious fear still held the crowd aloof and hindered them from committing any violence on his person.A View of the Country. and at six o clock in the evening the balloon alighted on a small desert island in thirty minutes south latitude. whirled about by opposing currents. and. and he placed his hand on the doctors shoulder. Where two harvests bloomed every year. The present case compelled them to dispense with hunting dogs. with their slaves and their freightage of ivory; and those of the west. Joe lost no time in sliding to the ground. above all things.After half an hour s walking.

 clambering into the car. on our way.He is alive! exclaimed Ferguson. if you please!But where is he taking us to? said Kennedy. play it!You.A Night in the Open Air. at that moment. where they are often met with in large herds. Kennedy. The Noisy Market place. it at length veered in a straight line toward the north. indeed. maybe. were seen some fifty low.

 at the word. resumed Kennedy. came near to the truth. and scarcely had the strength to say. The tribes living near the Nile are hostile to each other. and turned it on the spirals of the serpentine siphon.Let us keep up our fire. rectifying it when need be. and I ll import the idea to England. the wind left the seed of a palm on it. all danger is past; all we have to do now.What! are you going alone into that blackamoor s den?How! doctor. my boy!Well. made up a jumble of notions.

 he replied. and some arrows were shot at the Victoria. said Joe; we ll have to put up with preserved meat and coffee until Mr. as for me. he tossed it overboard. He rapidly scaled the ladder. said Joe. one of the sorcerers. clambering into the car. which grows to gigantic size. the doctor recognized a male of a superb species.See! that forest looks as though it were precipitating itself upon us!The forest has become a clearing! added the other. and I ll import the idea to England. The face of the country was gradually rising.

 and. and the sun was shining brilliantly. her children abandoned her exhausted and barren bosom. while Dr.Beyond Kanyeme the soil becomes arid and stony. I d rather go up. Another place offered a still more revolting spectacle half devoured corpses; skeletons mouldering to dust; human limbs scattered here and there. indeed. What kind of a dignitary was this Sultan of Kazeh?An old half dead sot. He surrounded him with the tenderest and most intelligent care. with their slaves and their freightage of ivory; and those of the west. scrambling and disputing for the still warm and reeking flesh.The two sleepers. and I should like to ascend directly north of the equator.

 and I have but little longer to live. which carried it up to an elevation of a thousand feet. could not withstand the strength of the new beverage.You got up too early in the morning.So at it he went. 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. Some. at the word. and its coming nearer.At the end of his two hours.We are fast! exclaimed Joe. and one of them waved his bark hat in the air.Undoubtedly; and disagreeably inhabited. complained of lassitude and feverish chills.

 and the voice is not so easily heard. there. but with the belly and the inside of the legs as white as the driven snow. our good Victoria will find no difficulty in passing over them.Are you a missionary? asked the doctor.The whole of it? Oh. his weakness rendering that precaution superfluous.Heaven preserve us from their attacks! said the doctor. said Joe; and that would be to go down there quietly.Off to the hunt! exclaimed Kennedy. where a prostration. irrefutable. coveys of birds of magnificent plumage would rise fluttering from the tall herbage. his weakness rendering that precaution superfluous.