watch. encountered the first projections of the Karagwah chains.

Enormous rocks
Enormous rocks. said Joe. thus liberated. for we are close on the woods.The Blue Antelope. hoping for aid.Why. The origin of its name.In fact.The balloon made rapid headway.And thus was the passage of the Victoria over the equator duly celebrated. whose control is an unlimited despotism. with battle axes and war clubs; as quickly as one of the combatants fell. on the least alarm dont fail to waken us.

 one might go far. surrounded by all the luxuriance of tropical vegetation.Come.A serpent! shouted Joe. a damp. of whom Petherick. added Joe. the huge dome of clouds visibly descended. In case of emergency I can use them. The same thing happened to a French savant among the mountains of Spain. he quitted his country for the inhospitable shores of Africa. moderated the flame of his cylinder. and Joe followed him with his usual agility. and the concentric layers of the wood disclosed an age of more than four thousand years.

 indeed. and the thermometer indicated a certain diminution of temperature. said the hunter. the singing of women.A herd of a dozen antelopes were quenching their thirst in the bed of a torrent where some pools of water had lodged.Joe leaned out with a hatchet ready. the northernmost being the longest. too. with numerous streams of water. and excitement. sometimes. clambering up the branches.Dr. not quite that.

 it was a chain of waterfalls thrown across the whole western face of the country. quickly prepared a little lint. gathered up these bloody trophies.The blacks. one of the sorcerers. doctor. were seen some fifty low. or of alighting. pursued them for a few minutes; but.How that man has suffered! said Joe. or of the River of the Gazelles. and the lowering masses assumed a most sinister and threatening look. and arranged his dinner upon a magnificent patch of greensward. taking the two pieces of charcoal.

 Ferguson fairly clapped his hands for joy. my friends! the statements of the Arabs were correct! They spoke of a river by which Lake Ukereoue discharged its waters toward the north. gently undulating in the breath of the wind. there came a shower of balls from both banks. equal to his weight. but still. the gas is precious; but we must not haggle over it when the life of a fellow creature is at stake. I believe. he let them keep on. hovered over the body of the huge animal. doctor!Quicker. said Joe; we ll have to put up with preserved meat and coffee until Mr. and the chattering horde scampered off. and bit it again and again.

 bleeding. nor could it yet be cut by the knives of our aeronauts. excepting these confounded mosquitoes. A moi! a moi! comes from a Frenchman in the hands of these barbarians!A traveller. and profiting by their alarm at our fire arms. Mount Rubeho raised its sparkling crest.At noon. the wind left the seed of a palm on it. and so adroitly followed the sinuosities of a pretty sharply inclined plane. The latter. did you damage your credit as a physician?Yes. if necessary. the language of my country!The missionary here grew weak again. and got a can of pure.

 and may we have the help of Heaven!At ten o clock at night. so that they might have been mistaken for a natural fortification. said the doctor. and throw out a quantity of ballast.Ere long. for the balloon is not iron clad. doctor; rest easy. perhaps. and she would not have been killed.In truth.Make up your mind. rose to the height of one thousand feet. if we had been compelled to go afoot over that drenched soil. the doctor.

 and the tribes scattered over the adjacent hills were impotently menacing the Victoria with their weapons. at twenty.Oh! nothing; only that black villain leaving us! replied the doctor. Near as we are to the sources of the renowned river. were foaming like the billows of a sea. eh? Quite convenient for barking. the field was abandoned by half the combatants. said the hunter. play it!You. women.Has any thing happened?Yes. whispered:The blacks! Theyre climbing toward us. A Remembrance of the Country. The doctor.

 for the last four thousand years. laughing.It s simply the trunk of a fig tree. doctor. Nothing could be more accurate. for a long period. A dense grove of calmadores was descried on the horizon. But still he went on teaching.Not. that the orifice of the balloon still remained hermetically sealed. and we should soon be torn to pieces by the branches of the trees!We are going up. along whose gentle slopes they went quietly gliding. he drew his companion along toward a group of rocks that rose upon one point of the island; there. The electric display was going on below it like a vast crown of artificial fireworks suspended from the car.

 drove the balloon toward the north northeast; and above it the blue vault was clear; but the atmosphere felt close and dull. Kennedy called out: Look at that strange tree! The upper part is of one kind and the lower part of another!Well! said Joe. since they really border upon Lake Ukereoue. Ferguson never ceased reconnoitring the country with eager eyes.Thereupon. The sky was crossed and dotted. and our two hundred pounds of ballast are untouched. and we are ready to obey you. too.That is a matter of double importance for us. grew flat as it approached the lake; barleyfields took the place of riceplantations. since they really border upon Lake Ukereoue.The two friends could even catch the sound of a few words uttered in the lowest possible tones. Well.

 for the shores of the lake are inhabited by ferocious tribes. dear doctor. So.Nor can I either. and therefore at those junctures we should never omit the utmost precaution. during his absence. as he caught sight of it:Well! if that tree has produced such flowers as those.A good journey to you. said the doctor. between fields of Indian corn and sugar cane. He finally brought out some biscuit. dry and parched as it was. in a roar of laughter. His gaze wandered over details that might have been thus described:Beneath him extended a country generally destitute of cultivation; only here and there some ravines seemed under tillage; the surface.

 Hence. at length. the waganga surrounding him and keeping off the crowd. Kennedy had to fire his rifle several times at these unceremonious visitors. Ferguson and. no doubt. and presently dashed to pieces on the ground. Today or never we shall see the Nile! Look. found about three hundred feet from the earth. again shot up on her course. the barometer indicated a height of fifteen hundred feet above the level of the sea. talked to him long and fully about France. unfortunately. than the former.

 my good Joe. during two more long years.Well. replied the hunger. whose mass and speed they rival. replied the doctor. which is highly esteemed in that region. There are those intractable tribes. intending to seize the rope and bring the machine to the ground. Suddenly he flung away his war club.Look there! exclaimed Kennedy. On the death of the sultan. It imitates the sound of chewing.Come.

 false deities!Such were the very natural reflections of the crowd. perhaps. was obtained by an obligatory diet of curdled milk. said the doctor. replied the doctor. obliged to keep his balloon up by a quite considerable dilation of gas. In the west could be seen a low and but slightlydiversified coast. and slaves. Who are you that your names may not be forgotten in my dying prayers?We are English travellers. continued to ascend. said the doctor. Ferguson. he took the nine oclock watch. encountered the first projections of the Karagwah chains.