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1 III | bit of it!” said he. “Don’t I know my man? Isn’t it
2 III | Don’t I know my man? Isn’t it just like him? Travel
3 III | my dear Dick.”~“No, I won’t sit down!—Then, you really
4 III | with you?”~“But you won’t refuse.”~“But, suppose that
5 V | Perhaps!—And then, couldn’t one wait a little longer?—
6 V | expeditions now on foot? Don’t you know that fresh explorers
7 V | along its shores?”~“I haven’t the least idea.”~“Why, that
8 VI | like Dr. Ferguson?”~“I don’t want to spoil your illusions,
9 VI | act of a madman. He won’t go, though!”~“He won’t go,
10 VI | won’t go, though!”~“He won’t go, eh? Then you haven’t
11 VI | t go, eh? Then you haven’t seen his balloon at Mitchell’
12 VI | Evil One himself couldn’t make him give it up.”~“Well,
13 VI | ll see about that.”~“Don’t flatter yourself, sir—but
14 VI | So, either way, you won’t be sorry for the trip.”~“
15 VI | No, that’s a fact, I shan’t be sorry for it, if I can
16 VI | Only, never fear, you won’t be expected to make yourself
17 VI | and suppose that it couldn’t go up, then?”~“Egad! that’
18 VI | for us directly.”~“I shan’t go.”~“Oh! now, you won’t
19 VI | t go.”~“Oh! now, you won’t vex the doctor in that way!”~“
20 VI | undertone:~“Oh! well, that doesn’t bind me to any thing.”~“
21 VIII | compliments— but they—don’t—belong to me.”~“You!” exclaimed
22 VIII | exclaimed every body, “don’t you intend to go?”~“I am
23 VIII | am not going!”~“You won’t accompany Dr. Ferguson?”~“
24 VIII | is a matter that we can’t argue with him. At heart
25 VIII | and your bullets; so don’t let us say anything more
26 IX | kind of travelling, he can’t get along afterward with
27 IX | opinion about it.~“I don’t think,” said he, “that we
28 XII | fringe of foam.~“You don’t talk?” said Joe, again.~“
29 XII | would add. “Why, you don’t feel yourself going, and
30 XII | idea, my boy!”~“Oh! it won’t take us long to do the cooking—
31 XII | vain.”~“I move that we don’t stop here!” urged Joe; “
32 XIII | vigorous constitution.~“It won’t do to fall ill, though,”
33 XIII | you a febrifuge that won’t cost any thing.”~“And how
34 XIII | Keep cool, Dick. We shan’t touch them,” was the doctor’
35 XIII | tribes!”~“I move that we don’t try it!” said Joe, in his
36 XIII | nor too low down. It won’t do to be too ambitious.”~
37 XIII | limbs in the mean time.~“Don’t fly away without us, doctor!”
38 XIV | Mr. Kennedy, but this isn’t the easiest ground in the
39 XIV | whole of it? Oh, we won’t do that, sir; we’ll take
40 XIV | minutes.”~“Oh! that won’t take long,” said Kennedy,
41 XIV | figure we’d cut if we couldn’t find the balloon again.”~“
42 XIV | it off, so that he couldn’t come back toward us?”~“Come,
43 XIV | and, above all things, don’t lose sight of the barometer.
44 XV | scared at first; but they won’t be long in coming back,
45 XV | pretty soon. But it wouldn’t be prudent to go too near
46 XV | Well, master, that won’t trouble me much. I like
47 XV | said he. “Well, I won’t be behind you in politeness,
48 XV | said the doctor. “Don’t attempt to let go the anchor!
49 XV | comrades.”~“Why, I wouldn’t put it past them to make
50 XVI | to pieces.”~“Well, it isn’t Joe that’ll undertake to
51 XVI | nature of the beast, we mustn’t be too hard on them for
52 XVI | Perhaps the storm won’t burst to-night,” said Joe; “
53 XVI | necessary.”~“But, master, wouldn’t you do well to take some
54 XVII | the north.”~“And we shan’t set foot on the solid ground?”
55 XVII | remarked Kennedy; “I don’t see one tree that we could
56 XVII | but no imprudence! Don’t wander too far away.”~“Never
57 XVII | there was Kennedy, who didn’t want to come!”~On his part,
58 XVIII | a tranquil night.”~“Won’t you do the same, doctor?”~“
59 XVIII | in your place, I wouldn’t try coming back again. I
60 XIX | this chewing, you wouldn’t find it so excellent.”~“
61 XIX | only hope that they won’t take such a particular fancy
62 XX | not meddle with what don’t concern us. Do you know
63 XXI | below us, and, as I don’t exactly know where the wind
64 XXI | on the least alarm don’t fail to waken us.”~“I’ll
65 XXI | down, then!” said Joe.~“Don’t use your weapons, excepting
66 XXI | the bark of the tree.~“Don’t you hear that?” he whispered.~“
67 XXI | these black fellows don’t understand the language
68 XXIII | it away with us.”~“We can’t take any of it with us,
69 XXIII | but gold! Mr. Kennedy, won’t you help to gather up a
70 XXIII | his last defences, “couldn’t we take some of that ore
71 XXIII | made no reply.~“Joe! Don’t you hear me?”~Joe made a
72 XXIII | Then your cylinder don’t work,” said the obstinate
73 XXIII | more with it, or we can’t rise. Come, courage, Joe!”~
74 XXIV | thought of that we shouldn’t discover some river, some
75 XXIV | I hope so.”~“Now don’t you think that it’s Joe’
76 XXIV | grieving over the matter won’t help us, in three days there
77 XXIV | clung to the car.~“You don’t regret, though, what you
78 XXIV | half the journey, haven’t we?” asked Joe.~“In distance,
79 XXIV | whatever happens to me, I can’t get desperate. We’ll find
80 XXV | winter, but in summer it don’t do to take too much of it.”~“
81 XXV | take too much of it.”~“Don’t you fear the effect of the
82 XXV | remarked the doctor. “It won’t do to count much upon that.”~“
83 XXV | fancy that to do so wouldn’t help us much; it would be
84 XXV | style? She’s a beauty, isn’t she?— and how stately her
85 XXV | one good!” said Joe; “wasn’t it fine? Barclay and Perkins
86 XXVI | s over now.”~“Oh! it won’t amount to any thing, sir,
87 XXVI | were too bold, sir; it won’t do to run such risks. You
88 XXVI | something, and this plan can’t do you any harm, for, I
89 XXVI | the morning, and if we don’t get off by Tuesday, I’ll
90 XXVIII | digest.”~“The savages don’t boggle much about it!” said
91 XXVIII | said the doctor, “haven’t you rather a short memory?
92 XXVIII | one to suppose that we can’t be far from a more fertile
93 XXVIII | fertile country.”~“It don’t prove much, Dick, for those
94 XXVIII | these fine fellows wouldn’t have to be coaxed long to
95 XXXI | After all, though, I don’t see that we have much to
96 XXXI | health as we are now. We don’t look much as though we had
97 XXXI | feel rusty, and I wouldn’t be vexed a bit to stretch
98 XXXI | chickens!”~“Come, doctor, can’t we get down nearer to them?”
99 XXXI | Mr. Kennedy’s shot didn’t do more damage.”~“The animal
100 XXXI | thighs. Dick’s ball hasn’t even marked him; but should
101 XXXI | queer-looking beast. It doesn’t look exactly natural to
102 XXXII | But what is it?”~“Don’t you see that flock of big
103 XXXII | arsenal at our disposal. I don’t think those birds are so
104 XXXII | said Joe.~“Perhaps they don’t like to see anybody poaching
105 XXXII | No, Dick; not now! Don’t exasperate them needlessly.
106 XXXIII | the neighborhood, but don’t get far away whatever you
107 XXXIV | my dear Dick! Joe doesn’t know one word of the language;
108 XXXV | expected. The crocodile isn’t far off!”~With this he dived
109 XXXV | my tumble, and they can’t fail to have some respect
110 XXXV | talk about. Why shouldn’t I work my way out of the
111 XXXVI | something going on that I can’t exactly explain. By the
112 XXXVI | interested.~“Yes!”~“Don’t lose sight of him, and let
113 XXXVI | firing a gun!”~“No! he can’t turn back to come this way.
114 XXXVI | said Kennedy; “he don’t stop!”~“He’s doing better
115 XXXVI | But, for your life, don’t do so until I give the word!”~“
116 XXXVII | see that his tumble hasn’t changed him a bit,” added
117 XXXVII | done. Good or bad, we can’t take it back.”~“You obstinate
118 XXXVII | doctor, laughing; “you can’t refuse, though, to tell
119 XXXVII | fight for it. How, I couldn’t tell you—but I’d made up
120 XXXVII | up my mind that I wouldn’t go under without knowing
121 XXXVII | When I pulled, it didn’t give; so I pulled again
122 XXXVII | there not, doctor? So I didn’t spend much time thinking
123 XXXVII | could carry us. I needn’t tell you about the towns
124 XXXVII | about the towns that I didn’t see nor the villages that
125 XXXVII | Mr. Kennedy, a hunter don’t know what a real hunt is
126 XXXVII | again behind an Arab! I didn’t mean the fellow any harm,
127 XXXVII | circus-rider does a ring. Wasn’t I right in counting on you?
128 XXXVII | Due north, Dick.”~“And don’t that give you a little uneasiness?”~“
129 XXXVII | halt?”~“Come, Dick, don’t you feel some curiosity
130 XXXVIII| certain loss of gas. It don’t amount to much thus far,
131 XLIX | Faith!” said Joe, “I wouldn’t like to be strolling alone
132 XLIX | now, master, if it wasn’t so heavy, I’d like to carry
133 XLIX | Bah!” said Joe; “I wouldn’t be afraid if it was to go
134 XLIX | known already. Now, couldn’t we just find others for
135 XLIX | Not exactly, Joe; but don’t be alarmed: I hardly expect
136 XL | much the worse. If it wasn’t for the pleasure of telling
137 XLI | granted; but we shouldn’t say a word against her.
138 XLII | lighten up.”~“But I don’t exactly see how we can do
139 XLII | remonstrated Joe; “ain’t I used to—”~“The question
140 XLII | Joe; “a little tramp won’t do us any harm.”~“But before
141 XLIII | Kennedy. “The balloon can’t descend without your permission,
142 XLIII | these banditti.”~“They haven’t a very obliging look!” assented
143 XLIII | Happily those brutes can’t fly,” remarked Joe; “and
144 XLIII | interposed Kennedy, “they can’t overtake us; and, if we
145 XLIII | We are lucky that we didn’t scatter them along the road.”~“
146 XLIV | after all, and I wouldn’t advise any body who is greedy
147 XLIV | the last, and if it hadn’t been for the adventures
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