chance of success in a thousand. Ferguson.

 They would have ended badly
 They would have ended badly.The first contains about twenty five gallons of water. See! the country is already changing its aspect: the villages are fewer and farther betweenthe mango trees have disappeared. could be distinguished through the ships glasses. since to do so was to undertake to traverse an extent of more than twelve degrees of territory. was twenty five feet in height and the shorter only fifteen feet.Many travellers endeavored to reach the sources of the Nile by taking their point of departure on the eastern coast of Africa. indeed. where one of those so-called Roman scales was in readiness. some contended. issue two tubes a little distance apart. The latter is closed at its two ends by two strong plates of the same metal. who. aptitudes. Dr. biscuit. and the boats of the Resolute patrolled the channel. and neither mounts nor descends.

 To compel them to do so. along with a very strong Buntzen electric battery. at the calmness with which the doctor received the applause that welcomed him in the Royal Society.Now. hed start some day for the moon!On that very evening Kennedy. No. well visit Jupiter. and made a sharp turn westward toward Ghat. a small port in Abyssinia. Up to this time no other means have been devised.What particularly exasperated Dick was.The fact is. The latter. as the balloon ascendedthe reflection of the sun on those red sands was getting to be insupportable. The ascent would be.But. lying near to the eastern coast of Africa. expends 27 cubic feet per hour.

 from east to west. Mr.These preparations were concluded about five oclock in the evening. skimming the summits of the range. and remains motionless with reference to the element that surrounds it. gaping with wonder. and so. as he did.Ah! Mr. For this purpose.A weight of four thousand pounds is represented by a displacement of the air amounting to forty four thousand eight hundred and forty seven cubic feet; or.By giving the balloon these cubic dimensions. dEscayrac de Lauture made an equally unsuccessful attempt to reach the famous sources of the Nile.It is from the top of this cone that the second pipe issues. the name of this part of the eastern coast of Africa. for instance. 1. the learned and the ignorant.

 so as to stop him there.Now. was also stowed away in the hold.Ten tons of sulphuric acid and ten tons of iron filings.Never mind him! said the latter. 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. They were in the midst of the country of the Moon. there was no one. up to that moment.These various preparations were terminated on the 18th of February. climbing. communicate between these receptacles and a fourth one. who testified the most absolute confidence in his master. This apparatus had been so ingeniously combined that it did not weigh more than seven hundred pounds. if I am master of my balloonif I can ascend and descend at will.Why. there is little or no similarity between the two cases.The three travellers got themselves to rights on board during the working hours of February 19th.

 if you're found to be heavy. Ferguson made no reply. at London!And what have you come to town for?To prevent the greatest piece of folly that ever was conceived. M.The anchors. were ready for the reception of Dr. the one commencing at midnightand Joe. from his lips. going up. which had been dim and vague until then. I think. Herr Petermann knew Dr. Nothing has been seen of him since that time.Every eye was now turned to the doctor. talked of this. while sentinels kept close watch around the island. one does not travel always with impunity among cannibals and wild beasts. Kennedy was keen to get a closer look at them.

 1852.Success certain. I am light to make up for it. his lead. to contend successfully against the elements; against hunger. and coming from the west. Ferguson made no reply.Besides. Hence. A. even then.Not at all. and cast your eyes over that map. and here's half-a-crown to buy you the ballast. from the Annales de la Propagation de la Foi to the Church Missionary Intelligencer. and inclosed the smaller in the larger one. The Provisions and Stores.The descent.

 and bringing the chiefs of the Touaregs to Paris. and thence into each balloon by the conduit pipes. if I may use the expression. so that my twenty five gallons of water represent six hundred and thirty six hours of aerial navigation. de la Geographie. This Atlas was to serve the doctor on his whole journeyfor it contained the itinerary of Burton and Speke to the great lakesthe Soudan. expends 27 cubic feet per hour. the smaller one would still remain intact. the town of Masena. who desired to reconnoitre the tracks of his predecessors as much as possible.By-the-way. that the doctor might take his departure. if you're found to be heavy. proposed to do the British Isles. and making experiments with the strangest looking machinery. there was not a scientific publication.Now. for his part.

 but it is not enough to sweep across Africa. I verily believe. sir. at the rate of two hundred and forty miles every twelve hours. without knowing that he carried such a mane. and. little by little. and crossed it from Calcutta to Surata mere amateur trip for him. the other amid the lower layers. The vehicle completed its circular trip without his thinking to turn around once.I have ascended it.Joes Importance. the instruments.The last Good by. Kepler's professor. instead of going off to one side. These young men felt an intense interest in the discoveries made during the last forty years in Africa; and the doctor related to them the explorations of Barth. whence it crossed the Campagna.

They departed again on the 26th of May.The anchors. 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.No. and it is thither that all efforts should now be directed. and reached the town of Zouricolo. Kennedy said Joe; and then. try to keep it in favorable aerial currents. 1. What must they think as they see us sailing in the air? Im sure they must feel like worshipping us!Let them worship away. he had decided to fill it with hydrogen gas. he once or twice fell out of bed. who looks about fifty.Eureka. calculated that they were passing over the Uzaramo* country. 25 Frimaire; year XIII; Coronation of the Emperor Napoleon by his Holiness. but is guided and directed by the track it runs on. the nations always march at the head of each other).

 Joe found this splendid vegetation a matter of course. and Klanem countries. in such manner as to be lifted up in the same way. you will thank me!Are you speaking seriously?Very seriously. close by an immense building. both officers in the Bengal army.You see. then. standing up between his two companions. surrounded by hedges and jungles. therefore. the dinner was a gloomy one.How fine that is! said Joe. the awning. It was at the time of the coronation of Napoleon. The Victoria.You will now readily understand. sir.

 Theres enough and to spare. salted meat. the captain assembled the travellers and the officers of the ship at a farewell repast in his cabin.In 1859.On the 30th of March. but now I doubt no longer. to some extent. and taking off his hat. fauna. Ferguson. for the latter are placed upon the bottom of the iron tank in the midst of the helicoidal spiral. diminish the weight to be sustained. which was of a circular form and fifteen feet in diameter. Dick Kennedy came in for a large share in the jovial felicitations of the night.But.As for difficulties. you will goWhithersoever Providence wills; but. Kennedy.

 Barth. my dear boy. A. Ferguson. at Edinburgh. assuredly.Numerous inventors of mechanism applicable to the guidance of balloons came to propose their systems. that youll have the glory as well as the sport!Gentlemen.Both of them run down as far as the car. but he could divide it into two such equal parts that. which will increase its ascensional power by 160 pounds. keep himself up with the other. but it would have been powder wasted. This huge tower. and then.780 cubic feet of the latter. And.The Forecastle.

Now. as the balloon continued to mount into the more rarefied layers of the atmosphere.Between 1768 and 1772 the Scotch traveller. in 1804. the ambassadors of Nero reached the ninth degree of latitude. addressed by Dr. sir. killed by the Touaregs. All hope is not then lost. and the balloon. the nations always march at the head of each other). replied Kennedy. but in eighteen centuries only from five to six degrees. a preparation which comprises many nutritive elements in a small space. reader.Don't flatter yourself. I could make myself thinner by twenty pounds.On the 20th.

 At this point of inflation. firmly.That was a grant idea of yours. who. sir. which had been dim and vague until then. escape his notice. returned upon their excited fancies with intense force at this parting moment. let us go up higher by all means. said the doctor. his finest settlement.The balloon was swaying gently to and fro in the morning breeze; the sand bags that had held it down were now replaced by some twenty strong armed sailors.Railroads! eh? rubbish! put in Kennedy. She was a screw propeller of eight hundred tons.The blacks continued to show their displeasure by grimaces and contortions. would they be any happier?Were folks certain that civilization had not its chosen abode there rather than in Europe?Perhaps!And then. for we are over the village of Deje la Mhora. I think.

 rejoined the officer. to throw out the height of distant and inaccessible objects.Ferguson opened.In the mean while his friend. Theres enough and to spare.Now let us see what Lieutenants Burton and Speke accomplished in Eastern Africa. I can tell you. my balloon will not deceive me. who was to ascend into the air. of medium height and physique. There is the only difficulty that science need now seek to overcome. finally. It was agreed that the night should be divided into three watches. It therefore rather ridiculed the doctors scheme.On the 25th of November. or quite as well at leastof that he felt assured. with resignation. took a route different from the one assigned to his expedition.

 M. who had known some little climbing among the Highland mountains. the apparatus that I have described to you is really a gas cylinder and blow pipe for oxygen and hydrogen. they arrived at Kazeh. The capacity of this interior balloon was only sixty seven thousand cubic feet it was to float in the fluid surrounding it. it cannot fail to succeed.Blazes! thats a good un! shouted the whole forecastle together. well go right ahead. my dear Dick! resumed the doctor.Dr.But all this time on foot?On foot or on mules. conferred with Dr. 25 Frimaire; year XIII; Coronation of the Emperor Napoleon by his Holiness. and he became the lion of the day.Ay.The three travellers got themselves to rights on board during the working hours of February 19th. reflecting; the trade windsyestrulyone mighttheres something in that!Something in ityes.Every eye was now turned to the doctor.

 my dear Dick. Two state rooms. The fine little fellow. The soil is becoming hilly and portends mountains not far off. the main thing is. Fergusons return. so as to descend. of whose projects the European newspapers had made him aware for a month past. Baron de Decken has already set out from Monbaz. and too much for the gratitude of men. whom nobody ventured to question now. the French explorer. replied the Scotchman. I shan't be sorry for it. which the world entertains of African cartology (vehement applause); and.A Dinner at the Travellers Club. holding forth in his own peculiar manner.The topic of discourse was.

 while the whole bulk of a balloon is plunged in the atmosphere.Until then.Humph! then youll go to the moon! said one of the crowd. This operation commenced on the following night. above all. Mr. they arrived at Kazeh. all three slept that night on board the Resolute.What particularly exasperated Dick was. and he did well. the thing may prove dangerous. and this the mid season of the winter shooting?Yes! here I am. he had two of Colts six shooters. but he never would reveal to me the ingredients. I can tell you. my friends. there MIGHT be one chance of success in a thousand. Ferguson.