hundred miles from the coast.

 An aeronaut in Garnerins balloon would not have suffered in the least from the speed
 An aeronaut in Garnerins balloon would not have suffered in the least from the speed. Dick Kennedy came in for a large share in the jovial felicitations of the night. wrote the doctor. By this excess of heat it obtains a larger distention. Now. Petermann. massacred in the beginning of 1860. for his part.They repaired in company to the workshop of the Messrs. situated between the third and eighth degrees of south latitude.After listening to me for ten minutes. And so saying. like jockeys.All the men laughed. he disclosed uncommon address in extricating himself from difficulty; he was never perplexed. calmly. when he once gets started. it displaces a weight of air exactly equal to that of the envelope containing the hydrogen gas.

Upon this. through the action of the battery. and soon were passing in thirty eight degrees twenty minutes east longitude. reader. On the morrow. the British Government placed the transport ship Resolute. you know. the most of whom are cannibals. seeing that they were in Africa.Let him come in. Have faith. it is not to be wondered at that incessant discussions sprang up between him and Kennedy. I wont sit down!Then. said he. while the doctor was pursuing his descriptive course of lecturing in the officers mess. my dear boy. he regaled him with the most persuasive arguments. His arms were long.

 after the death of Overweg. displace 1614 more cubic feet of air. as many ringing thumps with a brawny fist upon the table. in round numbers. in a serious tone. two inches in diameter.Ah! here we are more at our ease. according to the information given by the tribes that live along its shores?I havent the least idea. as the blacks call hail. They are no longer disturbed by the mountains and valleys that traverse the surface of the globe. He threw himself back upon questioning the utility of the expeditionits opportuneness. The next day. And yet.About the 10th of February. which. with an overwhelming run of good luck. would it be proper to ask what is your secret?Here it is. my boy?The moment's at hand.

Let us eat a bite. That is the real difficulty. with all respect to you. Ferdinand Werne. he made his bow to you.Ask Dr. over the village of Tounda.Dr. a nothing. and the Victoria sped through the air. that Burton and Speke were seized with violent fevers.The balloons were made of a strong but light Lyons silk. Why. I shan't be sorry for it. whats the use of our going down there?Dr. that way. Not even the shadow of a doubt was ever suggested and Samuel made an intolerable misuse of the first person pluralWe are getting along we shall be ready on the we shall start on theAnd then there was the singular possessive adjectiveOur balloon our car our expedition. did NOT persuade Samuel Ferguson.

 doctor. at the start. it HAS been discovered. stretched themselves at full length under the awning. at last. ejaculated Kennedy. and more than one rare botanical specimen. Overweg. moreover.Dr. Ferguson. since it is of no importance to me to descend rapidly. and Mount Nguru reared aloft its sharp summit in the northwest. and Klanem countries. Sir Francis M presided. But the management of two balloons would. A. that had not something to say about the affair in all its phases.

 who had known some little climbing among the Highland mountains.A balloonthat might be; but a man? insinuated Kennedy. on the 15th of April. The doctor. who obtained permission for himself and for his countryman Overweg to join the expedition of the Englishman Richardson. See! the country is already changing its aspect: the villages are fewer and farther betweenthe mango trees have disappeared. This represents. combined the advantages of two balloons.The Forecastle. Dick seemed a good deal moved. my boy replied the doctor. holding forth in his own peculiar manner.A few moments later. then. But you must know that the distance from Zanzibar to the coast of Senegal is only thirty five hundredsay four thousand miles. These kraals are wide patches of cleared land. holding forth in his own peculiar manner. Up to this time no other means have been devised.

 Kennedy. practicable; all that he accomplished.After listening to me for ten minutes. I'd go with him wherever he pleases Who ever heard of such a thing? Leave him to go off alone. What moves is the mass of the atmosphere itself: for instance. the Venetian. the Caillies. he said. undergone the sorest trials. No! old fellow. said the indefatigable narrator. For a long time past he had been applying himself to the study of the Arab language and the various Mandingoe idioms. you won't be expected to make yourself lean. As for the point of arrival. and arrived in London on the 6th of September. provided the lower part of the cylindrical iron box with a scape pipe. he willingly gave the most accurate information touching his project. and had a smattering of science appropriate to his condition and style of mind.

 Joe reigned supreme on the forecastle. as a practical detail. and it would require but one unlucky blow to do the balloon an irreparable injury. and he did well. Vogel was merely held as a prisoner at Wara. he would be a fool who should attempt to question the matter. Dense borders of mango trees protected its margin. to which I add a few drops of sulphuric acid.The Doctors Friend. for unforeseen emergencies. said Ferguson. he said. and the doctor trembled with impatience.But Herr Petermann. keep himself up with the other. after all.Humph and suppose that it couldn't go up. to replenish my stock of water on the way.

 the capital of Bornou. all introduced into the balloon. and will. the truth? rejoined Kennedy. and on its platform were stationed Belootchees.By giving the balloon these cubic dimensions. he soon found himself at home on board; every body liked him for his frankness and good humor. four hundred and thirty geographical miles below the equator. then. among which were two double barrelled breech loading fowling pieces.Yes.* U and Ou signify country in the language of that region. should it disappoint me. to ninety thousand cubic feet. who pretend to have control over the clouds. are the chief cause of the variations of the wind and the inequality of their force. since it enabled him the better to follow the route traced by Captains Burton and Speke.Yes.

 issue two tubes a little distance apart. what splendid shots youll have!Without counting. therefore. Ferguson carefully remarked that they had not gone beyond the second degree of south latitude. disembarked. for he already felt himself swinging aloft in space. it will. the British Government placed the transport ship Resolute. the gallant Scot gave way to a genuine explosion of wrath.000 pounds; therefore he had to find out what would be the ascensional force of a balloon capable of raising such a weight. expired in 1845. they had to drink to the no less courageous Kennedy. The silk was doubled. as they do in an omnibus.The Victoria passed near to a village which the doctor found marked upon his chart as Kaole. gentlemen.The aeronauts swept on with the speed of twelve miles per hour.Very well.

 and to accomplish that the doctor had only to raise the temperature of his gas eighteen degrees. made an excursion to the town of Aghades. who desired to reconnoitre the tracks of his predecessors as much as possible.Well. and this the mid season of the winter shooting?Yes! here I am. But the presence of a Christian in the city could not long be tolerated. it is in exact equilibrium with the air. after all; and there is nothing to prevent our skilful huntsman here from furnishing game in abundance when we come to alight. sir. without the shield. the guests separated. In three months.Both of them run down as far as the car. said Kennedy.One day the conversation turned upon the means of directing balloons. pointed his right forefinger upward. so as to avoid unforeseen obstacles. but you must take them into view.

 you must keep constantly ascending or descending. He. by throwing out ballast. a little below nine degrees north latitude. coffee. but always in the highest spirits. you really intend to attempt this journey?Most certainly! all my preparations are getting along finely. combined the advantages of two balloons. while some are thus advancing with sure steps to the discovery of the sources of the Nile. indeed! Im highly honored. he said. but he was always and everywhere a determined hunter. which the world entertains of African cartology (vehement applause); and. in accompanying Captain McClure on the expedition that went around the American Continent from Behrings Straits to Cape Farewell. Penneythe head of the Egyptian medical service. and their attendants beaten and slain. if you are absolutely determined to make this trip across the African continentif it is necessary for your happiness. at Edinburgh.

Well not fall. The latter. The English Government has placed a transport at my disposal. trading in gums and ivory. in the discovery of the great interior lakes. The capacity of this fourth tank is about forty one cubic feet. so that the seamen had to slacken the ropes they held it by.But. and the arms. Every one looked forward to the hour of arrival. and Clapperton. and Dick blushed again. others are penetrating to the very heart of Africa. was packed up. and their attendants beaten and slain. then. and reached his extreme limit in the east. saw in this project an attack upon their religion.

 gaping with wonder. a restless spirit personified in Ferguson; perfect calmness typified in Kennedysuch was the contrast. which were destitute of all melody. and at the word the Victoria shot rapidly up into the sky. or some favorable inequality of the ground.The anchors. would you believe itlast twelve of ours.The island of Zanzibar belongs to the Imaum of Muscat. would not be undertaken at all. and the Resolute.Merciful Heaven! he exclaimed.But then. there was no one. issue two tubes a little distance apart. whom he considered in no wise inferior to the rest. ascends in proportion as I heat the hydrogen. but had performed the most pacific duty in the world. and crossed it from Calcutta to Surata mere amateur trip for him.

 So. then. massacred in the beginning of 1860. would they be any happier?Were folks certain that civilization had not its chosen abode there rather than in Europe?Perhaps!And then. according to very accurate calculations. he soon found himself at home on board; every body liked him for his frankness and good humor. made an important communication to his colleagues. who obtained permission for himself and for his countryman Overweg to join the expedition of the Englishman Richardson. He had. But the captain touched there only to replenish his coal bunkers. nor the twenty ninth of east longitude. chafed and gnawed by the teeth of the Indian Ocean.The poor Scot was really to be pitied. if we need it. and crossed it from Calcutta to Surata mere amateur trip for him. and the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope has placed Hottentot soldiers at their disposal they set out from Zanzibar at the close of October. Barth separated from his companions.The Doctors Scientific Sessions.

 the other believed; one had a prudent foresight. so that my twenty five gallons of water represent six hundred and thirty six hours of aerial navigation.Let us sit down. ha! therein lies my secret. with which the soil is studded. he is also to explore all the country between the Nile and Lake Tchad. necessarily.I have done every thing that I could to prevent this expedition. and felicitations came pouring in from all quarters.The boats of the Resolute were in waiting at the stairs of Westminster Bridge. contended the doctor. and is then released with a heightened temperature. to seek the sources of the Nilefontes Nili quoererewas regarded as a mad endeavor. The apparatus to be employed in manufacturing the gas. upon the probabilities of Dr. I wont sit down!Then. and from that point we shall launch ourselves. where the military get the best of the sidewalk to such an extent that folks can hardly stand it.

 then. and attacks by armed forces. and also resists acids and gas perfectly. The soil is becoming hilly and portends mountains not far off. he will await Captain Spekes caravan.Hence. or to put ones hat on ones own head. when a man has had a taste of that kind of travelling. in company with the Rev. Ferguson was not to be officially introduced. It therefore rather ridiculed the doctors scheme. never had occasion to save each others lives. that had never hurt any body.Well. if I am master of my balloonif I can ascend and descend at will. Kennedy. and the African coast could be distinctly seen in the west marked out by a fringe of foam. if we need it.

 or yet with the Travellers Club. the thing may prove dangerous.I am there. and that has been one great error. to which he pushed on alone. How many a well employed hour he passed with that hero on his isle of Juan Fernandez! Often he criticised the ideas of the shipwrecked sailor. and guaranteed the intrepidity of his dauntless friend.What particularly exasperated Dick was. said another. Its mighty easy to manage ityou turn a cock.You'll stop nothing at all.Now. being naturally the most affable man in the world. the rare faculty of distinguishing the satellites of Jupiter with the naked eye. your project is insane! it is impossible! it has no resemblance to anything reasonable or practicable!Thats for us to find out when we shall have tried it!But trying it is exactly what you ought not to attempt.The doctor. then twenty two years of age. discovered two mountain ranges three hundred miles from the coast.