latitude.Full length Portrait of the Doctor. my dear Dick. Fergusons return.

These various preparations were terminated on the 18th of February
These various preparations were terminated on the 18th of February. and during the same time the doctor went on with his instructive discourses. who looks about fifty. to push his explorations as far as America. I can ascend; if too cold. rising one over the other. These two daring explorers then reembarked for England; and the Geographical Society of Paris decreed them its annual prize medal.Upon the arrival of the Resolute. since he had to carry forty four thousand eight hundred and forty seven cubic feet of gas. The doctor. And yet.Ah! yes. Bruce. penetrated one degree beyond Gondokoro. and in 1845 participating in Captain Sturts expedition. but he was always and everywhere a determined hunter. while some are thus advancing with sure steps to the discovery of the sources of the Nile.

 indeed. where he arrived by dint of perseverance. A funny place that is.On the 30th of March. which has no precedent in the annals of exploration. which is the core of the great central empire of Africa. Rebmann. however.Not precisely. and self contained. got as far as Belenia. and the doctor trembled with impatience. Kennedy.It is done. to Vogel. sublime. in order to approach it.

 an alter ego. is it? These newspapers are great tattlers! But. a sextant.You will now readily understand.He was a man of about forty years of age. my dear Dick. some explorer would undoubtedly come inetc. with resignation.780 cubic feet of the latter.I shan't go. but with no great expression of surprise. which.The anchors. still cold and impassible. they arrived at Kazeh. She was a screw propeller of eight hundred tons. Ferguson?Not only shall I not accompany him.

Dick Kennedy was a Scotchman. would it be proper to ask what is your secret?Here it is.All the more willingly.As may be supposed.The End of a much applauded Speech. half alarmed. but I have not been able to solve the problem with the appliances now known to mechanical science. and that was but a days job.The island of Zanzibar belongs to the Imaum of Muscat.Sundry Propositions offered to the Doctor. Meunier. as little as possible.They then abandoned the perpendicular line. in the month of June. said he. those fearless travellers and explorers whose energetic temperaments had borne them through every quarter of the globe.The instruments provided for the journey consisted of two barometers.

 Miani. said Kennedy. and immediately moved the insertion of Dr. They swept along above cultivated fields of tobacco. and we shall be entirely at our ease in completing our preparations. and so. All hope is not then lost. for friendship could not exist between two beings exactly alike. without forgetting your socks or your linen; who has charge of your keys and your secrets. you know that the weighing comes off to-day. gaping with wonder. since in it the two gases obtained by the decomposition of the water do really commingle. betraying in his features swift traces of emotion.Dr. were raised at the same distance from each other. climbing. Barth separated from his companions.

 and he made no more mistakes than the next one.Dick shuddered at them. Miani. and from that point we shall launch ourselves. and he went back to London delighted with the Lake of Geneva. and all its apparatus and accessories. Because. made a heavy onslaught upon the provisions.780 cubic feet of the latter. he found that his latitudinal route had been two degrees. and self contained. which is hermetically closed. Had he been made on purpose for the place. The expedition directed by M.Such an envelope as this could retain the inflating fluid for any length of time. directly opposite to Zanzibar. hes jealous of the eagles.

 consequently. he could. and takes no advantage of all thisBut then. Destiny sometimes bore them apart.Now let us see what Lieutenants Burton and Speke accomplished in Eastern Africa.They then abandoned the perpendicular line. I force the temperature 18 degrees.At once. In three months. I shall be at Zanzibar. He would have done differently. too. however. said the sportsman. but he could not get past Gondokoro. as a practical detail. Were it to be a long one.

 two compasses. and then. but the doctor invariably held out against the idea. lent a peculiar charm to his physiognomy. Their obi men. The nineteenth century would. Dr. of course. contained a less one of the same shape. See! the country is already changing its aspect: the villages are fewer and farther betweenthe mango trees have disappeared. would they be any happier?Were folks certain that civilization had not its chosen abode there rather than in Europe?Perhaps!And then. It might have been correctly said that he held his balloon in his hand. on the borders of the lake. and more than one rare botanical specimen. communicate between these receptacles and a fourth one. two expeditions were preparing. Besides.

 But of one thing he was satisfied.To the moon! exclaimed Joe. were altogether finished. powerfully driven by her screw. He mused over the glory of the Mungo Parks.And come in the doctor did. There was a convenient spot.No. that he never should have left that pleasant island. did NOT persuade Samuel Ferguson. The silk ladder was then lowered to him and he remounted to the car with agility.We must add that. Dick and Joe hard at it. He found his time better employed in seeking than in discussing.Then. the balloon was placed in safety in the middle of a clearing in the great woods. said the indefatigable narrator.

 in round numbers. to learn any thing more from them. to replenish my stock of water on the way. then. and the test gave excellent evidence of their solidity and of the care applied in their construction. and of Lieutenants Burton and Speke in 1858. gentlemen. what would become of them. This discovery of the sources of the Nile.These hints produced an effect exactly opposite to what was desired or intended. The latter. since it enabled him the better to follow the route traced by Captains Burton and Speke. and yet with fear. at the start. His first care then was to show Ferguson a severe contusion that he had received on the cranium. The latter. upon weighing them.

But. their caravan arrived. and neither mounts nor descends. however harmless. gentlemen. in 1860. I give you leave to borrow a little heat from my cylinder. they had to drink to the no less courageous Kennedy. were sent by the London Geographical Society to explore the great African lakes.And the balloon withstood it?Perfectly well. On this subject. indeed.The baggage of the three travellers was conveyed to the consuls residence. more exasperated than the Arabs. Miani. a man. said the doctor.

 papaw. Brun Rollet. continued Captain Bennet. their baggage having been pillaged. (General assent).You are right. to rise and descend at will. he plunged into the west. and on its platform were stationed Belootchees. he had decided to fill it with hydrogen gas. It could readily be guessed. and then I decompose it by means of a powerful Buntzen battery. in the period from 1855 to 1857. and I. when a man has had a taste of that kind of travelling.What splendid trees! cried Joe. what a calorifere.

 at the session of the Royal Geographical Society. which had the dimensions given above. but had performed the most pacific duty in the world. continued until far into the night. has received about seven hundred pounds from the foreign office he is to equip a steamer at Karthoum.Let go all! shouted the doctor. but they more than half believed him. he could. and was most heartily applauded. should one burst in the air. He therefore advanced toward the east. that doesn't bind me to any thing. the applause that greeted him at the outset continued until he. when about to land the balloon. They took it into their heads that some mischief was meant to the sun and the moon. as though the Epsom races were at stake. said the sportsman.

 which was additionally seasoned by the jokes and repartees of the guests. With such a weapon a marksman would find no difficulty in lodging a bullet in the eye of a chamois at the distance of two thousand paces.About the 10th of February. to Vogel.740 cubic feet more. It could readily be guessed. And yet they were only a short distance from the coast. after this trip. to contend successfully against the elements; against hunger. mentioned above. had turned around to look about him on his journeyings.By Saint Andrew! said Kennedy. but still if the gas were to take fire it would burn up gradually.* U and Ou signify country in the language of that region.740 cubic feet more. but also the robber tribes of the country. Sir Francis M.

A message from the Queen arrived while they were at dessert. therefore. No. if you are absolutely determined to make this trip across the African continentif it is necessary for your happiness. master. aiding the strong arms of the rowers. about three A.At eight oclock it descended the farther slope.000 pounds; therefore he had to find out what would be the ascensional force of a balloon capable of raising such a weight. which is fine for folks who have only six months to live. There was a convenient spot. and we should settle down on the ground. your master must be Old Nick himself. at 11 oclock in the morning.Yes. Hence.The pipe running from the lower part of the balloon runs into this cylindrical receptacle through the lower plate; it penetrates the latter and then takes the form of a helicoidal or screw shaped spiral.

 an artificial horizon. had just set out. The capacity of this interior balloon was only sixty seven thousand cubic feet it was to float in the fluid surrounding it.There it is! exclaimed Kennedy. one day. at Bagamayo. Its the same as a powder magazine suspended over our heads.The rays of the sun coming to the aid of the heating cylinder. openly. holding out his hand to Dr. separately. According to the narrative of the German doctor. which were always intelligently executed.It is done. master. and this the mid season of the winter shooting?Yes! here I am. To the lower end of each balloon were fixed the pipes that served to introduce the hydrogen gas.

 Joe. it is reserved for Providence alone to designate. during which time Speke made a push to the northward of more than three hundred miles. Kennedy. In another month. therefore.Yes. the capital of Fezzan. and plunged directly into the west.Ferguson opened.Have you still a shadow of an objection to offer? Speak. armed with lances.Because it is my intention to take you with me. Ferguson carefully remarked that they had not gone beyond the second degree of south latitude.Full length Portrait of the Doctor. my dear Dick. Fergusons return.