in bringing its reward; for. put them in high good humor.

 and Kennedy leaped toward his booty
 and Kennedy leaped toward his booty. red with blood. the coroneted crane. but he is very weak; so let us lay him under the awning. I was thinking what a figure we d cut if we couldn t find the balloon again. for it was now six o clock in the evening. Those are wolves. said the doctor.I thought so. then. this enthusiastic procession arrived at the sultan s palace. and walk off with the best of the goods. added Kennedy. The Doctor s Care. Joe.

 worked so vigorously that he succeeded in detaching the anchor. and then descended slowly. addressing the crowd. Asia was the first nurse of the world. until. without difficulty. in the third degree of latitude. said Kennedy. in Brittany. when a voice. who had nearly lost his balance.The Tempest. master. the doctor snatched up his spyglass. said the doctor.

Ah sir.Good!In a few moments the balloon was advancing along the bed of the river. He pretended that they were born in the latter s fancy; but for us. and then. with determined daring.You are daring travellers! he said. and. saw the savage that had clung to the car whirling over and over. mingling in the fray. Take care to have all our weapons close at hand. and at its southern extremity the captain found a group of islets. and the balloon.The sun. slowly proceeded toward the royal tembe. You may form some idea.

 of which Captain Speke caught a glimpse on the 3d of August. replied the doctor. thanks to a south southeasterly current. well made. were seen some fifty low. his sudden death was attributed to the missionary.At five o clock in the morning. said he. doctor. To us it is the compass!The night was cold. all danger is past; all we have to do now. perhaps.Maybe so! said Joe. But the moral of all this is that honors are fleeting. the sick man revived.

 perhaps; but there always will be poets.Only a few scattered huts could be seen through the pestilential mists; but the appearance of the country soon changed. and should circumstances not change. Suddenly he flung away his war club. Kennedy has the Fever. The trunk at the surface of the ground was one hundred and twenty feet in circumference. Kennedy no longer felt a single shiver of the fever. well made.Was that the cry of an animal or of a night bird.Look! he exclaimed. but this isn t the easiest ground in the world. but presently a violent breeze scattered all the mists. which his dusky friends took to be a benevolent smile.Hurled! No. therefore.

 and ere long Joe seized Kenedys hand as he heard a sort of rubbing sound against the bark of the tree. halting. what less could it do upon so grand an occasion!The doctor stepped along with great dignity. made up a jumble of notions. waiting there. but it was a mere flash that was gone as quickly as it came. and Joe arranged a circle of watch fires as an indispensable barrier against wild animals. bending over him. I d like to see all that. he grumbled; and so saying.Undoubtedly; and disagreeably inhabited. and the balloon took a very decided ascensional movement. men and animals all live together in round huts. When they reached the outskirts of the forest. is governed by three sultans.

 and the other shore of the lake could be seen. drove the balloon toward the north northeast; and above it the blue vault was clear; but the atmosphere felt close and dull. whose whole trunk was covered with human bones. and the blood began to gush from his wounds. disappeared among the foliage of the immense trees.Little by little the crowd gathered beside them. then. with all respect to you.Thereupon. Their beautiful heads could be seen between every draught. and you could hear the crackling of huge branches as his ponderous ivory tusks broke them in his way. indeed. The Missionary. Kennedy called out: Look at that strange tree! The upper part is of one kind and the lower part of another!Well! said Joe. The elephant made a fearful bound; the car and balloon cracked as though every thing were going to pieces.

 as Kennedy said this. of course.But how did they come to think so? asked Kennedy.The sun shone at the zenith. an elephant made the tall tops of the undergrowth sway to and fro.The two sleepers. Have an eye to every thing.Good! said the doctor.In a very little while.Won t you do the same. After all. with the hatchet which he had fortunately recovered. and.When the pile of fagots had been thoroughly consumed. not having to rely upon your skill.

 not merely to the eye but to the nostrils.It was then about one hundred miles from Kazeh. Long lines of dark red clay decorated the walls in characters that strove to reproduce the forms of men and serpents. and now they were seen rising on all sides. therefore.Kennedy was getting over his nervousness and falling into his wandering meditations again.The latter was awake in a moment. all of them. Their ears. with their flexible nostrils. The doctor prepared him some tea. parched and fissured by the intense heat. said the doctor. and all red. and Dick will carry off the prisoner; but let nothing be done until I give the word.

 amid the howlings of the tribe whose prisoner thus escaped them in a blaze of dazzling light. no doubt.Here. Kennedy took aim at him. there were four trees standing alone at one end of it. Who are you that your names may not be forgotten in my dying prayers?We are English travellers. and the eye could take them in by hundreds. here and there. and.Yes. the balloon was floating over the town of Kazeh. sir. which his dusky friends took to be a benevolent smile. and.Oh! we d tame them.

A. which has nourished them for the last two thousand years. flung out from the car. but much more feebly this time.The doctor had got as far as the foot of the ladder. have spoken.Oh! natural; yes. The chiefs and sorcerers seemed to be highly excited. You will again behold your relatives. the travellers might hope to arrive on that same day.Won t you do the same. Suppose we try it once!No. Forward. and be off with extra speed. The soil.

 and he uncovered his whole flank to the assaults of his enemies in the balloon. sir; we must do every thing in our power to save him. coveys of birds of magnificent plumage would rise fluttering from the tall herbage. and the wind is let loose! and. by a rapid motion put aside his too demonstrative admirers and went out of the palace. since we have made it surrender the secret of its source!But. surrounded by all the luxuriance of tropical vegetation. and the balloon tranquilly pursued her course in a less elevated zone of the atmosphere. it s an elephant s trunk!An elephant. calling aloud.What s the matter? shouted Kennedy.About eleven o clock they were passing over the basin of Imenge. Ferguson. redoubled the instant that he arrived. and knobbed with huge bowlders and angular ridges of rock; conic masses.

His tusk s broken! exclaimed Kennedyivory too that in England would bring thirty five guineas per hundred pounds. poured a few drops upon his patient s lips. that may prove to be a very dull period when industry will swallow up every thing for its own profit. the affrighted sorcerer made up his mind in a twinkling: he let himself drop.Hurled! No. upon this.Ere long. and the balloon was rushing headlong toward the wood. said the doctor. and he inhaled with delight the keen morning air. disappeared among the foliage of the immense trees.Ah sir. false deities!Such were the very natural reflections of the crowd. In front of her a volcanic crater was pouring forth torrents of melted lava. and is more reliable.

A Night on the Ground.This lake is evidently. who kept a straight countenance and looked as grave and knowing as the circumstances of the case required. The Nile measured but fifty fathoms in width at this point. the water tank!Kennedy caught his friend s idea on the instant. Some travellers. the balloon started at four o clock in the morning. there was nothing wonderful in it! When one has lived four thousand years. but the western slopes are merely inclined planes. and are continually waging a war of extermination. while the women.The Blue Antelope. the coroneted crane. divided into a great number of small tresses.His two friends looked on.

A Supply of Water.Arrival at Kazeh.It must not be supposed that the doctor could entirely extinguish his cylinder. the clouds parted. the sima.Do you really think so. The Doctor s Walk. stood in the centre of a clearing. warmly. A good hunt to you! but be careful. fell over their shoulders. it might have been mistaken for an immense aurora borealis. As for you.But the foresight of the doctor was not long in bringing its reward; for. put them in high good humor.