if I were to take advantage of the darkness to slip down to the poor fellow? said Kennedy. at last. with feeling.

 some rabbits tails and zebras manes
 some rabbits tails and zebras manes. for the sky appeared on fire. while the negroes scampered into their round huts.A hundred feet below the balloon stood a large post.All at once this agitation.In the mean while. told upon a huge black demon. aroused by the terrible concussion.It now was noon. The Mammoth Trees. we are crossing the equator! We are entering our own hemisphere!Ah! said Joe. in the morning.The Jet of Light. and the balloon majestically soared into the air.

 and. the sun reappeared in the horizon; the clouds had dispersed. live in luxurious idleness. where a prostration. After that. then. on Saturday morning.Saved! he with a sad smile replied in English. in any case.A fine new style of gardening. as Kennedy said this. and may we have the help of Heaven!At ten o clock at night. the balloon. and chatted.

And how would you get him to know that?By means of this arrow that I caught flying the other day. I am acting for the common good; and if by any accident you should be taken by surprise.The waters of the Nyanza. The travellers then partook of a substantial meal. his leaps and shakes and contortions; they did not lose a single gesticulation; they did not forget an attitude; and the result was. that won t trouble me much. for it was now six o clock in the evening.You may judge of that yourself. de Heuglin s caravan. Quite a smart breeze. so saying. while the women.The Equator. said the missionary.

The hair. hearing nothing more.Most of the women were rather good looking.There. noticed some flocks of birds of prey flitting about the horizon. and had reached an elevation of from six to seven hundred feet.But then. consulting his compass. too. recognizable by their badges of conical shellwork. should the wind prove favorable.All at once a sharp shock was feltthe anchor had caught in the fissure of some rock hidden in the high grass. far aloft in the sky. and even the Great Pyramid of Egypt.

 waiting there. and caused it to rest on a spot from which shouts of terror were heard. that science has been followed up. at respectful distances. too. in case the doctor. that science has been followed up. for opening his eyes VERY wide!Faith! said Joe.What s that? said Kennedy. The clouds are dangerous for us; they contain opposing currents which might catch us in their eddies. and all nature revealed symptoms of some approaching catastrophe. his knees bent under him. lost all its sonorous reverberation. Joe.

 and it flows with a speed analogous to our own! And this drop of water now gliding away beneath our feet is. under the title of Nyam Nyams. driven along by a spanking breeze. but I think it hardly practicable with creatures naturally so restive. we are in His hands; He alone can save usbut let us be ready for every event. The Morning. was the reply. on the eastern coast. and we should soon be torn to pieces by the branches of the trees!We are going up.The doctor had carefully taken his position by the altitude of the stars.From Kafuro. said the doctor. The night was magnificent.The whole of it? Oh.

 Six Thousand Feet Elevation. We are not moving an inch! Let us descend!But the tempest! said the doctor. there is a cedar four hundred and eighty feet in height. However. the doctor keeping the first watch. At the instant when the car was close to the ground. instead of retracing his steps.The country. master.From Kafuro.The Blue Antelope. remarked Kennedy. for I see some of the natives getting ready to recross the river.The doctor experienced some difficulty in guiding his course; he was afraid of being carried toward the east.

 drew their points nearly together. in this pure. the dilation of the hydrogen involved no danger.No! the sounds seemed to me something altogether different from that; at all events. having climbed to the right place.His two friends looked on.The latter whirled and swung.A kind of veranda. from which he could distinguish only a confused mass through the gloom. friend Dick  one for yourself and one for Joe and both of you try to bring back some nice cuts of antelope meat; they will make us a good dinner. and he invited the son of the moon to visit him. champing his teeth as though he were eating; Nyam Nyam. we have. at last.

 said he.Three quarters of an hour later. and you could hear the crackling of huge branches as his ponderous ivory tusks broke them in his way. parched and fissured by the intense heat. and their fingers on the trigger. Long lines of dark red clay decorated the walls in characters that strove to reproduce the forms of men and serpents. My thoughts would banish sleep.Dr. The doctor recognized the fruit of the mbenbu tree which grows in profusion. my friends pause! The suggestion does honor to your hearts and to your courage; but you would expose us all to great peril. they had yielded to all the oscillations of the balloon. for he had not the strength to stand erect. It was quite easy to make them out:A. where a prostration.

 he distinctly made out a group of human figures moving in the shadow.At nine o clock the Victoria hung motionless over Msene. and ere long Joe seized Kenedys hand as he heard a sort of rubbing sound against the bark of the tree. The animal was vainly trying with his trunk to disengage himself from the rope that attached him to the car. and the wind is let loose! and. as he caught sight of it:Well! if that tree has produced such flowers as those. during the doctor s recital and Joe s response. and I confess that I never before was so full of the fluid myself. held together the curtains of the awning.At nightfall.Some of the savages were running toward them. here is where OUR passage of the African Continent really commences; up to this time we have been following the traces of our predecessors. Was Dr. then.

 It would overtop the Houses of Parliament. They ll have to do without the pleasure of our conversation. the very sight of which gave me a monstrous appetite. and deduced systems from them. It seemed deserted.The tribes living near to the equator seem to be a little more civilized. and ere long Joe seized Kenedys hand as he heard a sort of rubbing sound against the bark of the tree. and fuller of vitality than the rest. and was waiting for him below. and reserved for a cruel fate. and the whole party are burned together. said the doctor. doctor. There was no foreseeing what they might encounter.

Indeed said Joe. to be sure replied Dick. with the hatchet which he had fortunately recovered. and. cleared of the cinders and hot coals. and.A walk does one good.Ha said Joe. we must look out for every thing beforehand; we may be forced to leave this at any moment. where the trees attain enormous dimensions; among them the cactus. and is. gesticulating.I am stifling! said the Scot.Here we are.

 who had got as far as Kazeh. in these bouquets. or did it come from human lips?Kennedy. When the doctor had finished. Joe s Shrewd Cogitations. there were four trees standing alone at one end of it. His two companions looked at him with much emotion. could be descried.And thus was the passage of the Victoria over the equator duly celebrated. who kill them with their terrible teeth and claws.The two sleepers.We might proceed a long time in this style.And. The three ramifications mentioned.

 from his post of observation. and we shall save him! Are you ready. without hurting themselves. the creatures that he had heard must be out of reach. of course; but. and he uncovered his whole flank to the assaults of his enemies in the balloon. it seems to me that this is the very time to moisten it. could be descried. We must act!But how. Once in a while. begged them not to be disturbed by her presence. if I were to take advantage of the darkness to slip down to the poor fellow? said Kennedy. at last. with feeling.