Five Weeks in a Balloon (Classic Reprint): Or, Journeys and Discoveries in Africa by Three Englishmen: Or, Journeys and Discoveries in Africa by Three Englishmen (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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Let him come in, then! Bring him in! Shouted the audience. We'd like to see a man of such extraordinary daring, face to face!

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Water-S upplj .T he Nights of the Equator. Dr. Ferguson s Anxieties. The t Siiiiation flatly stated. Energetic Replies of Kennedy and Joe. One Night more Page 150 CHAPTER TWENTY-FIFTH. A Little Philosophy. AC loud on the Horizon. In the Midst of a Fog. The Strange Balloon. An Exact View of the Victoria. The Palin Trees. Traces of a Caravan. The Well in the Midst of the Desert 157 CHAPTER TWENTY-SIXTH. One Hundred and Thirteen Degrees. The Doctor s Reflections. AD esperate Search. The Cylinder goes out. One Hundred and Twentytwo Degrees. Contemplation of the Desert. AN ight Walk. Solitude. Debility. Joe s Prospects. He gives himself One Day more 162 CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVENTH. Terrific Heat. Hallucinations. The Last Drops of Water. Nights of despair. An attempt at Suicide. The Simoom. The Oasis. The Lion and Lioness 168 CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHTH. An Evening of Delight. .J oe s Culinary Performances. AD issertation on Raw Meat. The Narrative of James Bruce. Camping out. Joe s Dreams. The Barometer begins to fall. The Barometer rises again. Preparations for Departure. The Tempest 173 CHAPTER TWENTY-NINTH. Signs of Vegetation. The Fantastic Notion of a French A uthor. AM agnificent Country. The Kingdom of A damova. The Exploration of Speke and Burton connected with those of Dr. Barth. The A tlantika Mountains. The River Benoue .T he City of Tola. The Bagele .M ount Mendif 179 CHAPTER THIRTIETH. Mosfeia. The Shiek. Denham. .C lapperton, and Oudney. Vogel. The Capital of Loggoun. Toole. Becalmed above Kernak. The Governor and his Court. The A ttack. The Incendiary Pigeons 184 CHAPTER THIRTY-FIRST. Departure in the Night-time. All Three. Kennedy s Instincts. Precautions. The Course of the Sliari River. Lake Tchad. The Water of the Lake. Tlie Hippopotamus.
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