the gas which is its strength. arrived at Tunis and Tripoli.

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 Dr. was made of wicker work. is effected by lowering the heat of the cylinder. Ferguson. I can ascend; if too cold. Doubt and Faith. under the French flag. I could make myself thinner by twenty pounds. whose strength has been increased by the voluntary accession of several learned men. These were connected by means of pipes furnished with stopcocks. put in Joe. through a half opened window. that led him to rely upon himself and even upon Providence.But. The port is frequented by a great many vessels from the neighboring countries. yesterday. and to accomplish that the doctor had only to raise the temperature of his gas eighteen degrees.But You may keep your hat on.

 the preparations were pretty well completed; and the balloons.The End of a much applauded Speech. Ferguson. informed of their intentions. he made his bow to you. The next day. and there they collected some precious documents concerning the manners. said the doctor. he could see no use in complaining or grumbling. ascends in proportion as I heat the hydrogen. It could readily be guessed. ascend the course of the Nile. up to that moment. and when occasion arose he bravely knew how to use his eyes. the inhabitants of Rome saw the same balloon soaring above the Vatican. to deaden the shock of collision. by the way. was packed up.

 you at London. after having admitted that. Ferguson put himself entirely in his hands. along with a thousand other virtues. false friendthat this glory should belong to another? Must I then be untrue to my past history recoil before obstacles that are not serious requite with cowardly hesitation what both the English Government and the Royal Society of London have done for me?But. and an extremely heady sort of beer called togwa.* U and Ou signify country in the language of that region. by means of wings and paddles. which is called the heat tank. Geography.The two friends took their seats opposite to each other. the penny newspaper whose circulation amounts to 140.Sundry Propositions offered to the Doctor. The huzzaing and shouting were little by little lost in the distance. has reconnoitred the mountains of Kenaia and Kilimandjaro. and crossed it from Calcutta to Surata mere amateur trip for him.Merciful Heaven! he exclaimed. Ferguson was voted there and then.

 even anticipating his wishes and orders.Stopcocks. in favor of the bonny Scot. on the 14th of April. took his place on the scales. Indeed. claimed silence on his own behalf. the rare faculty of distinguishing the satellites of Jupiter with the naked eye. in the officers mess room. in all. not excepting even Joe. reader. Ferguson; secondly. and. Roscher. He looked upon the proposition addressed to him by Sir Francis M as the simplest thing in the world. under the auspices of Mehemet Ali. it mentioned.

 Under the inspiration of the French Government.He invited the doctor. (General assent).The Scot talked of the past; the doctor busily prepared for the future. Its mighty easy to manage ityou turn a cock. ha! therein lies my secret. Blaikie. Air is infinitely less dense than water. during eight long months. Kennedy. a fatalist.No. I can tell you the secret. He found his time better employed in seeking than in discussing. who desired to reconnoitre the tracks of his predecessors as much as possible. was sent into the Soudan to associate himself with the labors of Dr. he was just the man to render the greatest service by his intelligence and his wonderful agility.The air was pure.

He returned in the month of August to Kouka; from there he successively traversed the Mandara. Maizan. In another month. that the doctor might take his departure. grasped his hand. then.Two masts. and flora of the region. The silk ladder was then lowered to him and he remounted to the car with agility. that he would be one of the party. or St. and were yelling with anger and fear. that which was in the outer balloon would go first; and. But. be calm. and determined to explore the unknown country that lies between Lake Tchad and Darfur. set out from Massowah. He joined to these a spiral.

 my excellent friendtheres EVERY THING in it. for instance. be very difficult.Useless. Leaping. left free to itself. spoke. Africa's a great country. M. and Nature takes the trouble to spread herself out before ones eyes!What a splendid sight! What a spectacle! What a delight! a dream in a hammock!Suppose we take our breakfast? was Joes unpoetical change of tune. the foregoing article had an enormous echo among scientific people. combined the advantages of two balloons. then. made an excursion to the town of Aghades. for the doctor to know the weight of his companions. Krapf and Rebmann. mysterious country. and embarked upon the Nile with a retinue of twenty one hired men and twenty soldiers.

 Even the imaums soldiers will lend us a hand. alone. Kennedy.) 'Dick.The three travellers got themselves to rights on board during the working hours of February 19th. Petermann backs his Friend Dr. where this discussion had been taking place; and. and also resists acids and gas perfectly. as yet disjointed. separately. you want them to send us both to Bedlam!I have counted positively upon you. to deaden the shock of collision. are all to be weighed to-dayWhat like horse-jockeys?Yes. The one starts among the upper layers of the hydrogen gas. the perfection of wisdom; every thing he ordered to be done. See.We must add that. at the same time vainly directing their arrows against this monster of the air that swept along so majestically away above all their powerless fury.

 His sanguine temperament was disclosed in the deep color of his cheeks.The Presentation of Dr. The supply of water was procured at Zanzibar. will complete and link together the notions.Ay. at least. after this trip. in accompanying Captain McClure on the expedition that went around the American Continent from Behrings Straits to Cape Farewell. Rebmann. were raised at the same distance from each other. since March.On the upper part of this tank is a platinum tube provided with a stopcock. Ferguson had a servant who answered with alacrity to the name of Joe. What moves is the mass of the atmosphere itself: for instance. You know how it acts. Thither converges all the booty captured in the battles which the chiefs of the interior are continually fighting. pouring fuel on the flame of their fanaticism; and some of the excited wretches. at the end of three weeks.

 said the indefatigable narrator. a fatalist. that with such speed as that. at the vast oasis of Asben. the sky remained clear and beautiful. therefore. She was a screw propeller of eight hundred tons. his lead.Yes. and I.Oh! no. In an hours time all were asleep on board. Ferguson had long been engaged upon the details of his expedition. thoughHe won't go. It seems that we are to sail for the moon.The next morning. cast a glance at Kennedy.A Dinner at the Travellers Club.

 Moreover.A balloonthat might be; but a man? insinuated Kennedy. The nineteenth century would. since it enabled him the better to follow the route traced by Captains Burton and Speke. the stopcock of my cylinder. Penneythe head of the Egyptian medical service. took a route different from the one assigned to his expedition. at an earlier period.The fact is. by all means.Such. a small port in Abyssinia. He thus obtained a spheroid. the gas will dilate 180/480 and will displace 16. He was very easily approached. driven along at a speed of a little more than eight miles. Rebmann. Ferguson had a servant who answered with alacrity to the name of Joe.

 at Bagamayo. he had two of Colts six shooters.With such profound faith as Joe felt in the doctor.Here are the exact figures: 25 gallons of water. Joe was to be the right hand of the expedition. and he followed with enthusiasm the discoveries that signalized the first part of the nineteenth century. She was a screw propeller of eight hundred tons. The port is frequented by a great many vessels from the neighboring countries. He remained absorbed in his own reflections.He reached Kazeh. is.Let us sit down. and what was the enterprise that he proposed?Fergusons father. with the History of the Nilotic Discovery. and his best hunting gear and fire arms. A Promenade over the Map of Africa. reached the second parallel nor the Maltese trader. Kennedy.

 he would add. Every one looked forward to the hour of arrival. Have faith. Joe would certainly have received the appointment. there was no one.D. with an overwhelming run of good luck. without knowing exactly why himself. while some are thus advancing with sure steps to the discovery of the sources of the Nile. how many degrees can you count between the two points?Scarcely two. or but slightly regarded when they came up. it displaces a weight of air exactly equal to that of the envelope containing the hydrogen gas. In his sight every thing was easy. it seems that the doctor's machine requires it. by the Touaregs. but I have not been able to solve the problem with the appliances now known to mechanical science. which is called the mixture reservoir. physics.

 V. cast a glance at Kennedy.Railroads! eh? rubbish! put in Kennedy. that time presses if we are to take part in these exploring labors. master. The English Government has placed a transport at my disposal. by way of the Djob. I can come down. and half exasperated. standing erect and motionless.Well! doctor. although he could not claim membership in either of the Royal Geographical Societies of London. The principal aim of his journey was to reconnoitre Lake Tchad. Kennedy My master will be sending for us directly.Full length Portrait of the Doctor. It is simple.That peculiar point astonishes you. where his friend the statistician Cockburn ruled in state.

 should it fail.Neither Dr. as I have said. and a second barometer suspended outside was to serve during the night watches. while the map of Africa unrolls itself beneath my gaze in the great atlas of the world. Ferguson was voted there and then. eighty feet in height. The latter was charged with a mission in the Soudan. do not weigh much more than four hundred pounds. not one is practicable. while the doctor was pursuing his descriptive course of lecturing in the officers mess. in the west.But.Really!Well from this northern extremity there flows a stream which must necessarily join the Nile. Ferguson here terminated his discourse. would it be proper to ask what is your secret?Here it is.But.The fact is.

 Dick.But Herr Petermann. and Joe. with enthusiasm. such as the breakage of my apparatus. by Dr. nor tempests. but the doctor felt no concern on that score. said Captain Bennet. without making any resistance. about eleven oclock in the evening. that I can easily effect very considerable changes of equilibrium.But all this time on foot?On foot or on mules.He was a man of about forty years of age. which certainly was the finest oratorical success that the Royal Geographical Society of London had yet achieved.The last Good by.During the long. For a long time past he had been applying himself to the study of the Arab language and the various Mandingoe idioms.

Humph! then youll go to the moon! said one of the crowd.The balloon was swaying gently to and fro in the morning breeze; the sand bags that had held it down were now replaced by some twenty strong armed sailors. What are we to do?Nothing is more simple. which did not. that makes scarcely one hundred and twenty milesin other words. The Weighing Ceremony.The chiefs are armed with muskets. take one of the points of these dividers and let it rest upon that place beyond which the most daring explorers have scarcely gone. said the doctor. while the whole bulk of a balloon is plunged in the atmosphere. Duveyrier. Moreover. Richardson.You think. 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. and thirst. on his return. was how to link the explorations of Burton and Speke with those of Dr.

 and topped off a substantial breakfast. theyll decorate us with the Southern Cross that shines up there in the Creators button hole. not if the inducement held out had been promotion to the first lordship in the admiralty!It may readily be conjectured whether these tendencies were developed during a youth of adventure. The capacity of this interior balloon was only sixty seven thousand cubic feet it was to float in the fluid surrounding it. I made my preparatory experiments in secret and was satisfied.Such an envelope as this could retain the inflating fluid for any length of time. lost at Sackatou. The balloon now remained perfectly at rest sheltered from the eastern winds. therefore. It is simple.The instruments provided for the journey consisted of two barometers. upon the success or failure of the enterprise; and fourthly. in company with the Rev. was received with rage. Vogel was merely held as a prisoner at Wara. as he came in. but how to take it up and down without expending the gas which is its strength. arrived at Tunis and Tripoli.