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  1 I      |            amount of two thousand five hundred pounds. The sum was made
  2 II     |             and the sum of twenty-five hundred pounds was voted to defray
  3 III    |              heights, sometimes only a hundred feet above the soil, while
  4 IV     |         latitude, that is to say, four hundred and thirty geographical
  5 IV     |        explorer must penetrate fifteen hundred miles into the interior
  6 IV     |               which he was still three hundred and fifty miles distant.
  7 IV     |             six degrees, or from three hundred to three hundred and sixty
  8 IV     |            from three hundred to three hundred and sixty geographical miles,
  9 IV     |              two mountain-ranges three hundred miles from the coast. These
 10 IV     |           northward of more than three hundred miles, going as far as Lake
 11 V      |                that makes scarcely one hundred and twenty miles—in other
 12 V      |               has received about seven hundred pounds from the foreign
 13 VI     |            bind me to any thing.”~“One hundred and fifty-three pounds,”
 14 VI     |               without the shield.~“One hundred and twenty pounds,” wrote
 15 VI     |           Ferguson—and he put down one hundred and thirty-five pounds to
 16 VI     |              weigh much more than four hundred pounds.”~“But, sir,” said
 17 VII    |              forty-four thousand eight hundred and forty-seven cubic feet;
 18 VII    |              forty-four thousand eight hundred and forty-seven cubic feet
 19 VII    |            weighing therefore only two hundred and seventy-six pounds—a
 20 VII    |                of three thousand seven hundred and twenty-four pounds in
 21 VII    |              forty-four thousand eight hundred and forty-seven cubic feet
 22 VII    |              forty-four thousand eight hundred and forty-seven cubic feet
 23 VII    |              about eleven thousand six hundred square feet, its envelope
 24 VII    |               its envelope weighed six hundred and fifty pounds. The envelope
 25 VII    |               having nine thousand two hundred square feet of surface,
 26 VII    |                weighed only about five hundred and ten pounds, or say eleven
 27 VII    |              ten pounds, or say eleven hundred and sixty pounds for both.~
 28 VII    |            network, did not exceed two hundred and fifty pounds.~In addition
 29 VII    |              not weigh more than seven hundred pounds, even including twenty-five
 30 VII    |             with him. He took only two hundred pounds of ballast for “unforeseen
 31 VIII   |               screw propeller of eight hundred tons, a fast sailer, and
 32 VIII   |            Senegal is only thirty-five hundred—say four thousand miles.
 33 VIII   |               Well, at the rate of two hundred and forty miles every twelve
 34 VIII   |              the rate of more than two hundred and forty miles per hour.”~“
 35 X      |         gallons of water represent six hundred and thirty-six hours of
 36 XI     |                to be employed eighteen hundred and sixty-six pounds of
 37 XI     |            iron, and nine thousand one hundred and sixty-six gallons of
 38 XI     |          procured at Zanzibar. The two hundred pounds of ballast were distributed
 39 XII    | perpendicularly to a height of fifteen hundred feet, as indicated by a
 40 XII    |              the height of twenty-five hundred feet.~The Resolute looked
 41 XII    |              to an altitude only three hundred feet above the soil.~It
 42 XII    |               elevation of five or six hundred feet.”~“That was a grant
 43 XII    |             one with a trunk fully one hundred feet in circumference. It
 44 XII    |               been two degrees, or one hundred and twenty miles, to the
 45 XIII   |              and he found it about six hundred feet from the ground. The
 46 XIV    |          indicated a height of fifteen hundred feet above the level of
 47 XIV    |         elevation of from six to seven hundred feet, the balloon would
 48 XIV    |             air.~It was then about one hundred miles from Kazeh, an important
 49 XIV    |            Kazeh, situated about three hundred and fifty miles from the
 50 XIV    |      deviations, travelled nearly five hundred geographical miles. Captains
 51 XVI    |              breeze, found about three hundred feet from the earth, drove
 52 XVI    |          together. There are fully two hundred. Those are wolves.”~“No!
 53 XVI    |              the cylinder, and our two hundred pounds of ballast are untouched.
 54 XVII   |             compass, “and scarcely two hundred feet from the surface; lucky
 55 XVII   |              and we have more than six hundred miles to make before we
 56 XVII   |                thirty-five guineas per hundred pounds.”~“As much as that?”
 57 XVII   |                had fallen only about a hundred feet from the edge of the
 58 XVIII  |                or at a distance of one hundred and sixty geographical miles.
 59 XVIII  |               say three thousand seven hundred and fifty feet.~“Here we
 60 XVIII  |                a height of twenty-five hundred feet above the ground.~From
 61 XVIII  |                river, and scarcely one hundred feet above the ground. The
 62 XIX    |            distance of more than three hundred and fifteen miles.~But this
 63 XX     |          scarcely the elevation of one hundred feet, and immediately over
 64 XX     |              that were more than three hundred feet in height—a kind of
 65 XX     |      California, there is a cedar four hundred and eighty feet in height.
 66 XX     |          surface of the ground was one hundred and twenty feet in circumference,
 67 XX     |                 there were about three hundred mingled confusedly in the
 68 XX     |              after a day’s trip of one hundred and fifty miles.~
 69 XXI    |              that he saw them only two hundred paces away, quite distinctly,
 70 XXI    |                is my plan: We have two hundred pounds of ballast left,
 71 XXII   |            swarmed a numerous tribe.~A hundred feet below the balloon stood
 72 XXII   |                Joe tossed over the two hundred pounds of ballast.~The doctor
 73 XXII   |         water-tanks weighing about one hundred pounds, he tossed it overboard.
 74 XXII   |        lightened, made a leap of three hundred feet into the air, amid
 75 XXII   |              had been lightened of one hundred and eighty pounds, and therefore
 76 XXII   |               space of more than three hundred fathoms.~From his bed of
 77 XXIII  |            into the car more than five hundred pounds of stones, which
 78 XXIII  |                am mistaken, about four hundred pounds—so that you’ll have
 79 XXIII  |              for us.”~“Throw away four hundred pounds!” said Joe, piteously.~“
 80 XXIII  |                car. The balloon rose a hundred feet or so, and, aided by
 81 XXIII  |                a direct line, fourteen hundred miles from Zanzibar.~
 82 XXIV   |              produce no more than four hundred and eighty cubic feet of
 83 XXIV   |              height was scarcely eight hundred feet above the level of
 84 XXIV   |             keeping the balloon at one hundred feet from the ground, and,
 85 XXIV   |               horrible death. But, the hundred pounds of water that we
 86 XXIV   |                are not more than three hundred miles from the Gulf of Guinea;
 87 XXIV   |              on the preceding day, one hundred and thirty-five cubic feet
 88 XXV    |                to an elevation of five hundred feet, but it had scarcely
 89 XXV    |               inside to as much as one hundred and fifty-eight degrees
 90 XXV    |           rapidly aloft.~About fifteen hundred feet from the ground, it
 91 XXV    |              another balloon about two hundred paces from them, floating
 92 XXVI   |              CHAPTER TWENTY-SIXTH.~One Hundred and Thirteen Degrees.—The
 93 XXVI   |             The Cylinder goes out.—One Hundred and Twenty-two Degrees.—
 94 XXVI   |                 to keep it afloat, one hundred and sixty-two cubic feet
 95 XXVI   |              the awning, indicated one hundred and thirteen degrees.~Joe
 96 XXVI   |                 from the height of one hundred feet to that of five miles;
 97 XXVI   |               latitude, or nearly five hundred miles from Lake Tchad, and
 98 XXVI   |              Tchad, and more than four hundred miles from the western coast
 99 XXVI   |       consulting the thermometer; “one hundred and forty degrees!”~“The
100 XXVII  |                the ground at about two hundred feet from the edge of the
101 XXVII  |           swept over a distance of two hundred and forty miles!~The car
102 XXVIII |               The thermometer marked a hundred and forty-nine degrees in
103 XXVIII |               catching the wind at two hundred feet above the ground, disappeared
104 XIX    |           miles to each, about fifteen hundred miles in all.”~“A nice little
105 XIX    |           temperature increased to one hundred and eighty degrees, gave
106 XIX    |                force of nearly sixteen hundred pounds, and it went up to
107 XXX    |             doctor came on to within a hundred and fifty feet of him, and
108 XXX    |              hung motionless about two hundred feet from the ground.~“Here
109 XXX    |              the distance of but three hundred feet above the ground. Not
110 XXXI   |         breadth, it measures about one hundred and twenty miles.”~“It will
111 XXXI   |             going to keep at about one hundred feet only from the soil,
112 XXXII  |               of foliage more than one hundred feet in breadth. Joe called
113 XXXII  |                a large boulevard three hundred yards wide, at that hour
114 XXXII  |                it. The car was not two hundred feet from the surface of
115 XXXIII |            That will relieve us of six hundred and fifty pounds, a weight
116 XXXIII |              now reduced to about nine hundred pounds. He therefore had
117 XXXIII |             thirty-three thousand four hundred and eighty feet of gas.
118 XXXIII |              gallons of water, and one hundred pounds of fresh meat, the
119 XXXIII |           total weight of twenty-eight hundred and thirty pounds. He could
120 XXXIII |           could then take with him one hundred and seventy pounds of ballast,
121 XXXIII |              the new Victoria rose two hundred feet into the air. It seemed
122 XXXIII |                at a height of from two hundred to five hundred feet. Kennedy
123 XXXIII |               from two hundred to five hundred feet. Kennedy frequently
124 XXXIV  |                made one bound of three hundred feet into the air, and took
125 XXXV   |               he was not more than one hundred yards from a bank, covered
126 XXXV   |               height of only about one hundred feet above him. But he could
127 XXXVI  |              through. Their chief is a hundred paces ahead of them and
128 XXXVI  |               on horseback, and only a hundred paces in advance of his
129 XXXVI  |                 which was now but five hundred paces behind them, and only
130 XXXVI  |               We are not more than two hundred paces from him!”~“What are
131 XXXVI  |            think that you can hold one hundred and fifty pounds of ballast
132 XXXVI  |                than Joe’s, shot up one hundred and fifty feet into the
133 XXXVI  |               having made a run of two hundred miles since rescuing Joe,
134 XXXVII |                to the northward?”~“One hundred and fifty miles at least.”~“
135 XXXVII |           after a splendid trip of two hundred and fifty miles, the Victoria
136 XXXVIII|               an elevation of eighteen hundred feet above the level of
137 XXXVIII|           after having passed over one hundred and eighty miles of a long
138 XXXVIII|           ascended to a height of five hundred feet, and, during her nocturnal
139 XXXVIII|          Timbuctoo is still about four hundred miles to the westward.~“
140 XXXVIII|                There were at least one hundred and fifty camels of the
141 XXXVIII|            Tafilet with a load of five hundred pounds upon their backs.
142 XXXVIII|                a desert more than nine hundred miles in breadth.”~But the
143 XXXVIII|              its course of twenty-five hundred miles, the Niger has scattered
144 XXXVIII|              the Niger, travelled five hundred miles with a slave-merchant,
145 XXXVIII|            months, notwithstanding one hundred and eighty days’ sickness,
146 XLIX   |             had advanced more than two hundred miles to the westward, and
147 XLIX   |            descend to Timbuctoo. Eight hundred fathoms broad at this point,
148 XLIX   |          century, a library of sixteen hundred manuscripts, is now nothing
149 XL     |               called crickets. About a hundred paces from the balloon,
150 XL     |                hold out only for a few hundred miles, and we shall arrive
151 XLI    |              on thus for more than one hundred and twenty miles; they were
152 XLI    |            elevation of more than five hundred feet more.~The stock of
153 XLI    |             Victoria had ascended some hundred and twenty feet, but the
154 XLI    |               still rose more than two hundred feet over the aeronauts.~“
155 XLI    |                at a height of only two hundred feet from the ground, and
156 XLII   |              the Buntzen battery. Nine hundred pounds make a rather heavy
157 XLII   |                a weight of hardly five hundred pounds, including the two
158 XLIII  |               the doctor.~“About seven hundred and fifty feet; but we no
159 XLIII  |           already lost more than three hundred feet, and the Senegal must
160 XLIII  |              the Victoria was only one hundred and fifty feet above the
161 XLIII  |          length were not more than two hundred paces away.~“Throw out the
162 XLIII  |                  we have more than one hundred and fifty pounds yet to
163 XLIII  |             again to a height of three hundred feet.~The Talabas spurred
164 XLIII  |                said Kennedy.~“And at a hundred paces only from the river!”
165 XLIII  |             itself for a height of one hundred and fifty, with a thundering
166 XLIII  |             this dried grass; I want a hundred pounds of it, at least.”~“
167 XLIII  |            with hot air. A head of one hundred and eighty degrees is sufficient
168 XLIII  |     approaching. They were hardly five hundred paces away.~“Hold on fast!”
169 XLIII  |             once ascended nearly eight hundred feet. A swift current caught
170 XLIV   |                off an edition of three hundred and seventy-seven thousand