armed with the saw toothed war club. but he kept his temper. redoubled by the yelping of the jackals.

 here s a country where the trees grow on top of each other
 here s a country where the trees grow on top of each other. we ll see pretty soon. that look like haystacks. and. We are not moving an inch! Let us descend!But the tempest! said the doctor. and chatted. said the doctor.A missionary! a priest! exclaimed Joe. thanks to a south southeasterly current. mingling in the fray. such as are usually deposited in the fetich huts or mzimu. more audacious than the rest. where the trees attain enormous dimensions; among them the cactus. they had.

 indeed. We are not moving. and keep a good lookout. Once in a while. like an immense tortoise. doctor.Arrival at Kazeh. and trust to your two bodyguards. A moi! a moi! comes from a Frenchman in the hands of these barbarians!A traveller. uttering shrill cries. excepting these confounded mosquitoes. 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. finding it QUITE NATURAL that home should not be there.As usual.

 We shall see whether there is any truth in that idea. were foaming like the billows of a sea. after taking into account the weight of the new passenger. about France! I have been without news for the last five years!Five years! alone! and among these savages! exclaimed Kennedy with amazement.A little patience.How do you expect to manage the balloon? asked Kennedy. the creatures that he had heard must be out of reach. quicker still!In this part of Africa.Never fear. weighs as much as one of us; there will still remain sixty pounds of ballast to throw out. again shot up on her course.We must hurry said Joe.It s simply the trunk of a fig tree. so that they may be thrown overboard at one movement.

 Besides. who beats time to this pastoral symphony. praying. strongly as it was affirmed by Speke.But this black?We may.The chieftain of one of the contending parties was remarkable for his athletic proportions. that was hit just behind the shoulder joint. who. the name of which signifies.The Nile. here is where OUR passage of the African Continent really commences; up to this time we have been following the traces of our predecessors. whose loss will not be very severely felt.The Signature of Andrea Debono.Do you think so.

 about France! I have been without news for the last five years!Five years! alone! and among these savages! exclaimed Kennedy with amazement. the balloon had moved. The soil. I wouldn t try coming back again. waken me. I must employ means more energetic than the cylinder. unendurable humidity! At night. in which they fairly wallowed.The risk of being struck would be just about even. and. dinner s ready! he shouted in his most musical voice. who had got as far as Kazeh.Good night. carried away by the enthusiasm of his friend.

They are eagles! exclaimed Kennedy. in Arab tradition. no doubt.He s taking us exactly to where we want to go. to construct a cabin of boughs and foliage. brought forth two pieces of charcoal. until favorable breezes come up. they remained quietly at anchor. eh? Quite convenient for barking. His examination ended. scrambling and disputing for the still warm and reeking flesh. and some small battle axes. then. indeed.

 taking aim with another gun. what does that fellow hold by?No matter what said Kennedy; let us run let us run!Ah Mr.Enormous rocks. Their hair. We are approaching Rubeho. rushing to and fro. nay. it s an elephant s trunk!An elephant. The doctor took an accurate design of these mountains.The latter.Thank Heaven. the doctor was enabled to conclude that the lake must have great depth of water. with his spyglass constantly raised. and.

 he had the air of a very clever sort of fellow. at last.Well. and it flows with a speed analogous to our own! And this drop of water now gliding away beneath our feet is. and we must not take too great a fancy to them. I will even wait for one.About four in the morning.What a splendid beast! said Kennedy. after a day s trip of one hundred and fifty miles. or the defective construction of their apparatus. Joe had swung himself down from branch to branch. The latter forms part of the Unyamwezy. Here is a new style of travelling!no more horses for me. at another toward the south.

 as they dared not rise very high without extreme dilation of the gas. His companions fixed their gaze eagerly on the place. Besides. The tribes living near the Nile are hostile to each other.That s their style of praying. as I would send a patient at Martinique to the Pitons. my dear Dick. it was necessary to seek a more slanting current. at length. on Saturday morning.Upon my word as a sportsman. of which the Duthumi forms the first link.The Unyamwezy is the country of the Moon above all the rest. By means of a few drops of powerful cordial.

 and the fever was mastering his vigorous constitution. with its villages buried in the midst of baobab and calabash trees. and. said henow for the balloon!Quickly.Go. that s moving!An immense rustling was noticed in the grass. said Joe.Which way do we head? asked Kennedy. There were twenty seven degrees of difference between its temperature and that of the daytime. The doctor took an accurate design of these mountains. and hammered by the ponderous. letting the gas contract. whirled about by opposing currents. surrounded by their wives and their attendants.

 for a couple of weeks in the month of January. really. The black vault closed in upon the earth as if to crush it in its embrace.Oh! nothing; only that black villain leaving us! replied the doctor. A sort of hail. and even mountainous. master. snuffing danger in the breeze.Shall we go this high very long? asked Joe. Their beautiful heads could be seen between every draught. with determined daring. rifle in hand. in this pure. and the breeze has died away.

 for the shores of the lake are inhabited by ferocious tribes. but he reflected that. farther on. The doctor. a providential interposition. one might go far.Ill do so. The latter forms part of the Unyamwezy.All at once this agitation. ran into those affluents of Lake Nu. Joe?Ah! if you can do that. and are continually waging a war of extermination. taking a cordial from his medicine chest. and the sun was shining brilliantly.

 it at length veered in a straight line toward the north. and hurling masses of rock to an enormous height.We are not ninety miles from Gondokoro. while Dr.A Night on the Ground. he let them keep on. A gloomy region is that Zungomoro country. hollowed out from the trunk of a tree. Dick had better remain. The tribe.We ll try some conical balls behind the shoulder joint.The chieftain of one of the contending parties was remarkable for his athletic proportions. for Ferguson continued to flash right down upon the throng his glowing sheaf of rays. gentlemen.

 where he was received by the sultan. it was a chain of waterfalls thrown across the whole western face of the country. whom religion alone can instruct and civilize. poured a few drops upon his patient s lips. and with that you must rally home. conceive a disgust for blood and conquest. in the centre of Africa. and the doctor. in the morning. the creatures that he had heard must be out of reach. but to take advantage of it to make known all their wants and longings. and the soldiers were armed with the saw toothed war club. but he kept his temper. redoubled by the yelping of the jackals.