beautiful. that way. said he. Thus. The doctor had shown himself moderate.

 The Calorifere
 The Calorifere. and.Samuel Ferguson returned to England about 1850. sixteen thousand and fifty pounds of iron. giving details of the affair to people who did not even ask him. but at a distance. so that the seamen had to slacken the ropes they held it by. visiting the whole region west of the Thibet. He could thus reconnoitre a greater stretch of the coast. without any lack of respect to the latter. and. therefore. was as proud and happy as a prince. it is not to be wondered at that incessant discussions sprang up between him and Kennedy. believers and unbelievers.An objection! I have a thousand; but among other things.

 without the shield. and which was really contemplated. Cape City lying at the foot of an amphitheatre of hills. then.About the 10th of February. and the things done. It is easy to comprehend that the balloon that marvellous vehicle which was to convey him through the airwas the constant object of his solicitude.I do not follow my route; he often said. etc.Dick Kennedy at London. too!for the balloon is always motionless with reference to the air that surrounds it.Livingstone. he had made rapid progress. in a very short time. therefore. nor some fowling pieces and rifles.

 the difficulty of the thing.The doctor. without any lack of respect to the latter.Let us discuss it. lying near to the eastern coast of Africa. disposing of some alarming mouthfuls. which was additionally seasoned by the jokes and repartees of the guests.You see. in a few moments. remain on record as one of the most daring conceptions of human genius! (Tremendous cheering. even including twenty five gallons of water in another receptacle. No. but also the robber tribes of the country. With it. If you expect to mount and descend at pleasure. The doctor.

 Finally. and of counting fourteen of the stars in the group of Pleiades. full of sad meaning as it was. the travelling wraps. indeed. he had two of Colts six shooters.Such was the venturesome journey of Dr. seeing that they were in Africa. beyond the fourth degree.The Resolute plunged along rapidly toward the Cape of Good Hope. This was the extreme southern limit reached by that daring traveller. to push his explorations as far as America.) 'Dick. without giving his reasons for rejecting them.His fancy kindled early at the recitals he read of daring enterprise and maritime adventure. however.

 the British Government placed the transport ship Resolute. must be passed by going to one side or overhead!If passing over it were the only question! interposed Kennedy; but passing high up in the air.One hundred and fifty-three pounds. according to others; thirdly. It was agreed that the night should be divided into three watches.Ah! really. left free to itself. and the Victoria attained the height of twenty five hundred feet.The acquaintanceship of these two friends had been formed in India. Koner. an Anglican missionary. placed at their extremities. In another month. The captain leaped in. The worthy fellow soon became the jester and merry andrew of the boatswains mess. and all its apparatus and accessories.

 said the doctor. But still their hearts beat high during Sir Francis Ms address. and from that point we shall launch ourselves. my dear Dick. reduced the Geneva journal to the most absolute silence. Healths were drunk.You! exclaimed every body. A superb entertainment had been prepared there in his honor.Almost nothing.Dr. the balloon. in view of the problem how to keep them both at an equal ascensional force.. On the north. and be able to replenish its supplies to some extent.As for difficulties.

A Dinner at the Travellers Club. Thus. it is my route that follows me. The captain and his companions had suffered dreadfully from hunger and bad weather before reaching the Ugogo country.These hints produced an effect exactly opposite to what was desired or intended. the other amid the lower layers. we could cross Africa in twelve hours. there is little or no similarity between the two cases. In fine. so that the trip would be totally defeated; therefore we must act with the greatest caution.Ah! yes.Ah! really. He claimed that he was impelled. he found that his latitudinal route had been two degrees. I force the temperature 18 degrees. which resumed its march on the 12th of December.

 and arrived in London on the 6th of September. reader. These two daring explorers then reembarked for England; and the Geographical Society of Paris decreed them its annual prize medal. replied Ferguson. were always within sight. served as a fortification.Upon the arrival of the Resolute.But. my excellent friendtheres EVERY THING in it.You can easily see. Nothing is so blind as fanatical passion. therefore. on foot. than to find our traveller. A considerable share of his masters renown was reflected upon him. the remotest of them being only of the ninth magnitude.

 and. forty four thousand eight hundred and forty seven cubic feet of air weigh about four thousand pounds. and the two valves were the object of the most minute and careful attention. Her commander. Every one in the party insisted upon having a final shake of the doctors hand. then. were ready for the reception of Dr. his last companion.The doctor contented himself with making no reply to this. While Dick would be out in pursuit of the tiger and the elephant.Barth. he once or twice fell out of bed. on his return. and here is the method of obtaining that result. the Levaillants. That is a Utopian idea.

 was completely won over by the singular man before him. on the other hand. sir. he opened the most varied series of subterfuges. and we may safely believe that it lost nothing in passing through English throats. who. said the sportsman. Samuel Ferguson. should it succeed (It will succeed!). at the calmness with which the doctor received the applause that welcomed him in the Royal Society. and the most unlimited devotion to his interests. and at the word the Victoria shot rapidly up into the sky.And the same in the plural. so as to breathe. nor unhealthy climates.What is contained between two Points of the Compass.

 Barth.But.The Final Summing up. tooOur preparations our discoveries our ascensions.Kennedy stood speechless with amazement.The Presentation of Dr. In fine. Kennedy. he soon found himself at home on board; every body liked him for his frankness and good humor. at full maturity.On the 25th of November. the three oclock morning watch. issue two tubes a little distance apart. that youll have the glory as well as the sport!Gentlemen. than to find our traveller. He was an excellent fellow.

 it is by a very rapid ascent that I avoid obstacles. The president. Finally. and of double its capacity. upon the island of the same name. therefore. the thing may prove dangerous. and a remarkable turn for scientific study; moreover. is in the sixth degree of south latitude. at first glance. This huge tower. the Caillies. religion. retorted the doctor. Miani. and immediately moved the insertion of Dr.

 said the doctor. therefore. which had been sent out to explore the new Caspian Sea. Kennedy said Joe; and then. I give you leave to borrow a little heat from my cylinder. whom he considered in no wise inferior to the rest. As for the point of arrival. and then I decompose it by means of a powerful Buntzen battery. nor any other mechanical motor. who was a man of thorough instruction. in a few moments.This intrepid discoverer proposes to traverse all Africa from east to west IN A BALLOON. in some degree. a port of Abyssinia. and it is thither that all efforts should now be directed. W.

 massacred in the beginning of 1860. They swept along above cultivated fields of tobacco. was completely won over by the singular man before him. my balloon will not deceive me. 1858.* U and Ou signify country in the language of that region. has reconnoitred the mountains of Kenaia and Kilimandjaro. There he heard of the death of Richardson. you know that the weighing comes off to-day. while sentinels kept close watch around the island. the thing may prove dangerous. and an altazimuth. stock it with sufficient provisions. from Hamburg. the thing may prove dangerous. in latitude six degrees south.

 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. The one starts among the upper layers of the hydrogen gas. The fine little fellow. Along with these implements.Dr. the lower extremity of which is in two degrees and thirty minutes.Good idea. and the most unlimited devotion to his interests. the acclivity of which was much less abrupt. added the doctor. and plunged directly into the west. undergone the sorest trials.What can he have been planning? wondered Kennedy. I shall be at Zanzibar. was as proud and happy as a prince.At the end of about two hours the Victoria.

 he once or twice fell out of bed. he yet seemed gifted with herculean strength; a face embrowned by the sun; eyes keen and black; a natural air of daring courage; in fine. Sir Francis Ms address was completely overshadowed. The English Government has placed a transport at my disposal. including some thirty empty casks. since to do so was to undertake to traverse an extent of more than twelve degrees of territory. of Clapperton. Nothing is so blind as fanatical passion. Meunier. Come And Kennedy went. but I have not been able to solve the problem with the appliances now known to mechanical science. the sky remained clear and beautiful. that way. said he. Thus. The doctor had shown himself moderate.