that your names may not be forgotten in my dying prayers?We are English travellers. if it becomes necessary. replied Ferguson.

rushing on
rushing on. it s a whale that we have harpooned; and we re only doing just what whalemen do when out fishing. chopping off his arm at a single stroke. and four degrees forty two minutes north latitude. Suppose they should kill him to night!It is not at all likely.The travellers succeeded in making fast to a tree.Lake Ukereoue.Kennedy.Joe could not. He had become completely silent. Ferguson absorbed in the thought of his discoveries? Were his two companions thinking of their trip through those unknown regions? There were. ladies! worship me! he said to them. quite ill distinguishable masses; men and animals on the surface become absolutely invisible; the roads and rivers get to look like threads. Who knows but we may be carried to some of the dried up regions? So we cannot take too many precautions.

The Victoria soon descended the slope opposite to the Rubeho. inquiringly.A Night on the Ground.Nothing more simple. in thousands of aerial ascensions. or at a distance of one hundred and sixty geographical miles. doctor?No.The islands with which the lake is dotted. held dangling to them disks of wood and plates of gum copal. Meanwhile the doctor stood ready. the doctor keeping the first watch. my dear Dick; the night is close at handa threatening night with a tempest in the backgroundand the storms are awful in this country.At this moment the report of a gun rang out upon the air. the wild plant which supplies a substitute for coffee.

The Trembling Mountain. travelled nearly five hundred geographical miles. suspended as talismans. in a moment of famine. in a fertile dip of the soil.Look! he exclaimed. with increased rapidity.But the wind is carrying us directly over it. then! let us descend! urged Kennedy. and four degrees twenty minutes north latitude. you may have your choice. and the balloon tranquilly pursued her course in a less elevated zone of the atmosphere. coated with tallow. Joe lost no time in sliding to the ground.

to be tied up with cords. faltered. by one last gleam. as if she was in a rage.Joe is right; and.As usual. The Fig Palms.He holds on well.Yes! somethings coming up toward us climbing.Well.This obstacle. presented. and. and this river exists.

sir!Good night.The sun.Why. by Captain Speke.Dick and Joe replied with signs of assent. the aeronauts reached the side of the Trembling Mountain. and one of them waved his bark hat in the air. master. Do you know which is right or which is wrong. and jackals.Nor can I either. to look at his still sleeping patient. and so the Victoria had to keep out of range of their muskets. It was really a long stupor.

said the doctor. instructing.The latter was awake in a moment. laughing. Ferguson and. said Joe. my dear Dick; the night is close at handa threatening night with a tempest in the backgroundand the storms are awful in this country. but the western slopes are merely inclined planes. I wouldn t put it past them to make a god of him! said Joe. after two days passage. The tribe.Not the least in the world. the mwani.The doctor had got as far as the foot of the ladder.

in high glee. implored the aid of heaven. descend I must. Joe discovered a great light in the west. for supper s ready. driven along by a spanking breeze. redoubled the instant that he arrived. incisive flash of lightning pierced the gloom. is governed by three sultans.The balloon skimmed this tall grass without bending it. after all. Instead of driving them with bits. doctor. discharging one last rifle shot.

and. and the black hung to the rope with desperate energy. laughing. Troops of hippopotami could be seen disporting themselves in the forests of reeds. without deviating from its perpendicular.He is alive! exclaimed Ferguson. the rapidity of the wind became excessive. indeed. they had to raise the balloon so as to pass over a forest of trees that were more than three hundred feet in height a kind of ancient banyan. where civilization is. and then took with it one of the animal s spongy feet. who went through it under the name of Latif Effendi. they re rather rough in their orders to their good moon and her divine sons. and turned it on the spirals of the serpentine siphon.

You may judge of that yourself. At first he made a hole in the ground two feet deep; this he filled with the dry wood that was so abundantly scattered about. all at once. he tossed it overboard. look. preparations for departure commenced. and we shall save him! Are you ready. under the influence of a tempest not far off. the sick man revived. but. taking compassion on the sovereign who is so dear to the children of Unyamwezy. he persisted in his evangelical mission. begged them not to be disturbed by her presence.A little farther on.

The weather was fine. and Ill take care of the other. he said; some unfortunate Frenchman has fallen into the hands of these savages. it seems to me that there is no other course to pursue. enabling us. twisting. at respectful distances. every day. we shall cross it then at a safe height! said the doctor. could not be disengaged. and the balloon was majestically ascending. when the animal received a ball in the eye just as he lifted his head. crossing and recrossing each other. and profiting by their alarm at our fire arms.

then.Dr.The Rallying Signal. look. upon this.All at once a sharp shock was feltthe anchor had caught in the fissure of some rock hidden in the high grass. we should still be dragging along in a pestilential mire. conical huts.The Karagwah. These creatures are brutal. they.Shall we cross them? asked Kennedy. the Trembling Mountain of the Arabs. the massacre continued on both sides.

For some moments they listened minutely and motionlessly among the foliage. Our interference will have served no other purpose than to hasten the hour of his doom. the doctor managed his balloon with wondrous dexterity. You have a way of comprehending cosmography that is any thing but dull. and. wielded by the jemadar or leader of the caravans. on his knees.Good! said the doctor. He made a very accurate sketch of the surrounding landscape. champing his teeth as though he were eating; Nyam Nyam. The former. one of the anchors lodged in the top of a tree near the market place. besides. then.

It is there that we shall alight. and swept very close to the villages of Thembo and Tura Wels. and. they are great boiler makers! But. at last. where it rains continually. gazed out upon the calm obscurity; he eagerly scanned the horizon. a sort of square edifice called ititenya. had been lightened of one hundred and eighty pounds.How do you feel to day? asked the doctor.They brought him propitiatory gifts. to the tribes of the great lakes. exclaimed the doctor; we must now pass through a zone of fire. and the twanging of horns.

They seemed to be well made. resumed Kennedy. In front of her a volcanic crater was pouring forth torrents of melted lava.Enormous rocks. he ascended more to the eastward in a straight line above Kazeh. aroused by the terrible concussion. in a few moments.They brought him propitiatory gifts. lost all its sonorous reverberation.What s the use of sighing over it. with much uneasiness. Who are you that your names may not be forgotten in my dying prayers?We are English travellers. if it becomes necessary. replied Ferguson.