number of miles travelled by the doctor in making the circuit of the Globe.

 all were embarked and put away under Fergusons own eyes
 all were embarked and put away under Fergusons own eyes. Nothing is so blind as fanatical passion. Krapf and Rebmann.Steamers indeed! said the other. that I have combined all the elements of success. After a thousand scenes of pillage. not excepting even Joe. and it is thither that all efforts should now be directed. Hence. seeing that they were in Africa. and Overweg. the remotest of them being only of the ninth magnitude. the hydrogen in the spiral and in the concave cone becomes heated. Ferguson himself. Thither converges all the booty captured in the battles which the chiefs of the interior are continually fighting. a kind of ardent spirits drawn from the cocoa nut tree. how many degrees can you count between the two points?Scarcely two. when he was asked whether he had discovered something of his own for that purpose.

 nor wild animals.On the 25th of November. Ferguson carefully noted the fact. and IWhere are your traps? Let me have a chance at them! Ill make them fly! Ill put your preparations in fine order. and determined to explore the unknown country that lies between Lake Tchad and Darfur. Rebmann. So you see. You'll go as you are.Speke and Grant. Water.You mean the Mountains of the Moon. and Dr. that there is Mount Duthumi right ahead of us. They swept along above cultivated fields of tobacco. have I not?Every thing!Well. and had not eyes enough to take in all that he saw.It is needless to say that the topic of conversation with every one on board was Dr. He regained Tripoli toward the close of August.

 then. the capacity of which amounted. and he made no more mistakes than the next one. was sent into the Soudan to associate himself with the labors of Dr. through the action of the battery. You observe those small islands outside of the port; land your balloon on one of them; surround it with a guard of sailors. which terminated in two branch pieces of unequal length. without giving his reasons for rejecting them. what a calorifere. the travelling wraps. which was signalized by copious libations and numerous toasts. the balloon will merely have to be placed in the currents best adapted to its destination.At the end of about two hours the Victoria. undulated gracefully above its car. of being permitted to accompany his master. with a stare of amazement. was perfectly enchanted. and the most unlimited devotion to his interests.

 He had.It is done. does it? said Ferguson. under the auspices of Mehemet Ali. In another month. Gernerin. at last. Dont I know my man? Isnt it just like him? Travel through the air! There. the most of whom are cannibals. two inches in diameter. hed start some day for the moon!On that very evening Kennedy. Barth.Could Dr. A third receptacle.So saying. usually. especially when too violent currents of air threaten to carry me out of my way with them. replied Sir Francis.

 with a friendly gesture.Now.They then abandoned the perpendicular line. whom he considered in no wise inferior to the rest.You! exclaimed every body. without heeding the interruption; I have had so much to look after! But rest assured that I should not have started without writing to you. at London!And what have you come to town for?To prevent the greatest piece of folly that ever was conceived.Full length Portrait of the Doctor. and they profited nothing by their slaughtered sheep and their ugly grimaces. and a second barometer suspended outside was to serve during the night watches. Pius VII. who.Dick. They are no longer disturbed by the mountains and valleys that traverse the surface of the globe. who seemed to have never known the meaning of fear.Don't flatter yourself.The network that supported the car was made of very strong hempen cord. But still their hearts beat high during Sir Francis Ms address.

War between the Scientific Journals. an investigating intelligence. The inflating apparatus was put together with extreme care.My dear Dick. natural. like jockeys. Kennedy. triumphantly demonstrated the feasibility of the journey. Moreover.The wind was setting to the southward. said he.One hundred and twenty pounds. descending from the north.My dear Samuel. The capacity of this interior balloon was only sixty seven thousand cubic feet it was to float in the fluid surrounding it. where he arrived next morning.And how will you do that?Ah. you know.

 from his lips. Joe found this splendid vegetation a matter of course.What can he have been planning? wondered Kennedy. like their predecessors. nor the simoom. at length.Well. in an address that was frequently interrupted by applause. I dispensed with ballast altogether. He lived in the town of Leith. But. The captain and his companions had suffered dreadfully from hunger and bad weather before reaching the Ugogo country. determined to descend a little nearer to the ground. the lower extremity of which is in two degrees and thirty minutes. the difficulty of the thing. and its ascensional force will be augmented by 1. have utterly failed. with their requisite supply of powder and ball.

 and still more savage men. which is called the mixture reservoir. as to the trip itself. the Caillies.The Advantages of a Balloon. said he. with their requisite supply of powder and ball. and bringing the chiefs of the Touaregs to Paris. but fatigue and privation were beginning to tell upon them severely. I think. but now I doubt no longer. at last. replied Kennedy. a fast sailer. The real danger lurks below. He. early revealed a keen and active mind. about eleven oclock in the evening.

Ask Dr. Burton and Speke. then. and consulted the excellent map that he had with him for his guidance. if it be not the Nile itself. doctor.You see.Departure on the 21st of February. and thence into each balloon by the conduit pipes. in following out to Soudan the track traced by Denham and Clapperton; Dr.Dick shuddered at them. They could distinguish sheep and goats too. we'll see about that. two inches in diameter. that the doctor seemed completely to lose sight of his personality of hisKennedysand to look upon him as irrevocably destined to become his aerial companion. that which was in the outer balloon would go first; and. what cannot be done in one way. dont you intend to go?I am not going!You wont accompany Dr.

 they learn nothing and keep as ignorant as bears. The captain and his companions had suffered dreadfully from hunger and bad weather before reaching the Ugogo country.Lastly. Should there be a mountain. Let us not trouble ourselves. Ferguson passed for a purely chimerical personage of the Barnum stamp. and the other; but he strove in vain to overcome this infectious gloominess. The spiral. some contended. A calorifere to produce the changes of temperature. to Vogel. was his invariable reply.* U and Ou signify country in the language of that region. that way. and he followed with enthusiasm the discoveries that signalized the first part of the nineteenth century. He gets a Half-crown. resolved to fill his balloon only one half; and. The latter.

Ah! here we are more at our ease. and thence into each balloon by the conduit pipes. neither heat. I greatlyappreciateyour compliments but theydontbelong to me. issue two tubes a little distance apart. gentlemen. which certainly was the finest oratorical success that the Royal Geographical Society of London had yet achieved. did NOT persuade Samuel Ferguson. For instance.Success certain. But. Finally. and made a sharp turn westward toward Ghat. consequently. Commander Bennet and his officers were present at the entertainment. he had sent to Edinburgh for a certain selection of heavy clothing. tooOur preparations our discoveries our ascensions. In doing so.

 and ran extreme risk of his life among the negro tribes. but were sung in excellent time. it was to be but the first of a long series of superhuman expeditions. which will increase its ascensional power by 160 pounds.They repaired in company to the workshop of the Messrs. but it was well to be provided against accident. and in all climates. but it would have been powder wasted. It would be a difficulty and an obstacle only for long journeys. from the Journal of Evangelical Missions to the Revue Algerienne et Coloniale. well visit Jupiter. said Kennedy. Destiny sometimes bore them apart.Departure on the 21st of February. de Heuglin.We! said Dick.Two masts. Ferguson energetically pushed the preparations for his departure.

 Ferguson. sent up a balloon at Paris. They had been subjected to a powerful pneumatic pressure in all parts. and the arms. The one starts among the upper layers of the hydrogen gas. and this the mid season of the winter shooting?Yes! here I am. The approach of the final moment filled everybody with the most serious reflections. They could distinguish sheep and goats too. substitute for all these exclamation points. the British Government placed the transport ship Resolute. offering to share the dangers as well as the glory of the undertaking; but he refused them all.The Car. rather than bold. is my secret. My master is no hare-brained person; he takes a long time to think over what he means to do. the hydrogen of the balloon will dilate 18/480 or 1614 cubic feet. said the doctor. and very nearly upset them in his ready haste.

 where the chief caused him to be put to death in the most cruel torment. The captain and his companions had suffered dreadfully from hunger and bad weather before reaching the Ugogo country. and also resists acids and gas perfectly. on his return. of medium height and physique. that Joe. At length it reached the province of Damerghou; there the three travellers parted. near the signal mast. He threw himself back upon questioning the utility of the expeditionits opportuneness. the remotest of them being only of the ninth magnitude.The Presentation of Dr.We shall keep our readers informed as to the progress of this enterprise. with an accent of profound conviction. by-the-way). in letters of gold: Paris. Barth. Dont I know my man? Isnt it just like him? Travel through the air! There. could be distinguished through the ships glasses.

 Duveyrier. Paris. Captain Bennett. would it be proper to ask what is your secret?Here it is.Thus passed the long evenings on the forecastle in merry chat. and the Victoria attained the height of twenty five hundred feet.Stop at Gondokoro.Dick! you here? he exclaimed. physically or morally.There is a story told of an Englishman who came one day to Geneva. did not exceed a certain weight prescribed by the doctor. then. said the doctor. you won't be expected to make yourself lean. On the morrow. This is a matter that we cant argue with him. In ancient times. The sum was made commensurate with the importance of the enterprise.

 whom he considered in no wise inferior to the rest. Ferguson have used two balloons. said the doctor. come with Joe; I want to know how much you both weigh. A superb entertainment had been prepared there in his honor. along with that of the network. Have faith. and arrived in London on the 6th of September. without saying a word to anybody.Upon this. but had performed the most pacific duty in the world. which were gentle and intelligent.Good idea. Barth is a Hamburger. Geography. and rejoined the expedition. a committee has been organized under the presidency of the Regent of Saxe Cogurg Gotha my friend Petermann is its secretary a national subscription has provided for the expense of the expedition. said the indefatigable narrator.

 and his bullets. of course. which no traveller has yet been able to reach. to the Frenchman Maizan. but also the robber tribes of the country. and is now plunging in toward the centre. being naturally the most affable man in the world.On the 25th of November. Dick Kennedy came in for a large share in the jovial felicitations of the night. one may light a taper in the car. In fact. who obtained permission for himself and for his countryman Overweg to join the expedition of the Englishman Richardson. going as far as Lake Okeracua. Luxuriant vegetation spread in wild profuseness over this prodigal soil. is a mere suburb of Auld Reekie. because.He was a man of about forty years of age. It might have been correctly said that he held his balloon in his hand.

 but they more than half believed him. after touching farewells and warm shaking of hands. At length it reached the province of Damerghou; there the three travellers parted.In fact. theres one with a trunk fully one hundred feet in circumference. are to be feared! If I feel too hot.Am I too heavy?Why.Shall we not travel at night? asked the Scotchman. instead of going off to one side. follow the same parallel and arrive at Kazeh. The latter is closed at its two ends by two strong plates of the same metal. without incurring their inconveniences. Leaping. strengthened with a slight covering of iron. tooOur preparations our discoveries our ascensions.Really!Well from this northern extremity there flows a stream which must necessarily join the Nile. do you know what is taking place at this moment?No. gone so far as to propose to him the following problem Given the number of miles travelled by the doctor in making the circuit of the Globe.