Chapter
1 XI | The last Good-by. —The Victoria.~An invariably favorable
2 XI | luck! let us christen her Victoria!”~This speech was answered
3 XI | doctor, and at the word the Victoria shot rapidly up into the
4 XII | the gas increased, and the Victoria attained the height of twenty-five
5 XII | end of about two hours the Victoria, driven along at a speed
6 XII | summit in the northwest.~The Victoria passed near to a village
7 XII | astonishment at the sight of the Victoria, and Dr. Ferguson prudently
8 XII | directions at the sight of the Victoria. Kennedy was keen to get
9 XII | half-past six in the evening the Victoria was directly opposite Mount
10 XII | to be surmounted, and the Victoria sped through the air, skimming
11 XIII | dilated the gas, and the Victoria resumed her flight, driven
12 XIII | the rays of the sun. The Victoria had attained an altitude
13 XIII | could again be seen, the Victoria meanwhile rapidly descending.
14 XIII | impotently menacing the Victoria with their weapons. Finally,
15 XIII | but, in any case, our good Victoria will find no difficulty
16 XIII | northernmost being the longest.~The Victoria soon descended the slope
17 XIV | A few minutes later, the Victoria slowly ascended and soared
18 XIV | clock in the afternoon. The Victoria had struck a more rapid
19 XV | said Joe, with a laugh.~The Victoria, by this time, had risen
20 XVI | catastrophe.~At nine o’clock the Victoria hung motionless over Msene,
21 XVI | rattled on the covering of the Victoria. The latter, however, continued
22 XVII | tried different heights, the Victoria at length began to sail
23 XVII | precautions.”~At noon the Victoria was at twenty-nine degrees
24 XVIII | curdled milk.~At noon, the Victoria was in one degree forty-five
25 XVIII | water was christened Uyanza Victoria, or Victoria Lake, by Captain
26 XVIII | christened Uyanza Victoria, or Victoria Lake, by Captain Speke.
27 XVIII | thus was the passage of the Victoria over the equator duly celebrated.~
28 XVIII | of something, and so the Victoria had to keep out of range
29 XX | Faith!” said Joe, as the Victoria skimmed closely along the
30 XX | idea.”~It now was noon. The Victoria had been going at a more
31 XX | arrows were shot at the Victoria, one of them coming close
32 XXII | Three hours later, the Victoria was right among the mountains.
33 XXIII | hydrogen escaped, and the Victoria quietly descended into the
34 XXIII | turn, to get out. Thus the Victoria found herself balanced,
35 XXIV | and pemmican. By noon, the Victoria had advanced only a few
36 XXV | Balloon.—An Exact View of the Victoria.—The Palm-Trees.—Traces
37 XXV | exactly the same route as the Victoria.~“Well,” said the doctor, “
38 XXV | which is no other than the Victoria.”~“As to that, master, with
39 XXV | something left in it!”~The Victoria touched the ground; Joe
40 XXVII | of quartz.~With this, the Victoria rose swiftly above the range
41 XXVIII | for them to reach it. The Victoria was bending to the force
42 XIX | to the height where the Victoria was sailing; the papaw-tree,
43 XIX | twelve hours of progress, the Victoria found herself on the confines
44 XIX | astonishment ensued as the Victoria sped past like a meteor.
45 XIX | some shots fired at the Victoria, admonished the doctor to
46 XIX | arachides.~By three o’clock the Victoria was directly in front of
47 XIX | Kingdom.~At five o’clock the Victoria, sheltered from the south
48 XXX | next day, May 11th, the Victoria resumed her adventurous
49 XXX | current of the Shari. The Victoria, then one thousand feet
50 XXX | rates.~At the sight of the Victoria, the scene so often produced
51 XXX | but the presence of the Victoria troubled them greatly. Horsemen
52 XXX | indeed, mounting toward the Victoria. Joe got ready to throw
53 XXX | loose and driven toward the Victoria; and now, in their terror,
54 XXXI | from beneath his feet. The Victoria was once again in motion,
55 XXXI | us was on the ground, the Victoria should have to ascend in
56 XXXI | through its heart!”~The Victoria descended gradually, but
57 XXXII | but about one o’clock, the Victoria, having slanted across this
58 XXXII | readiness to receive the Victoria bravely with stones and
59 XXXII | They came right toward the Victoria, more irritated than frightened
60 XXXII | doctor, horror-stricken.~The Victoria thus relieved resumed her
61 XXXII | of some sixty miles the Victoria halted on a desert shore,
62 XXXIII | Reestablishment of the Victoria’s Equilibrium.—Dr. Ferguson’
63 XXXIII | all things, let us rid the Victoria of this outside covering,
64 XXXIII | in the least degree. The Victoria was thus diminished in size
65 XXXIII | gas dilated, and the new Victoria rose two hundred feet into
66 XXXIII | half-past two o’clock, the Victoria hove in sight of Tangalia,
67 XXXIV | with such violence that the Victoria could not stay near the
68 XXXIV | very perilous one, for the Victoria threatened to break away
69 XXXIV | cutting the anchor-rope. The Victoria made one bound of three
70 XXXIV | a hurricane blowing.~The Victoria thus passed over the country
71 XXXIV | to this solitude, but the Victoria sped by like a shooting-star,
72 XXXIV | last violent twirl, the Victoria stopped suddenly in the
73 XXXV | Mosquitoes and Ants.—Hunger.—The Victoria seen.—She disappears.—The
74 XXXV | look upward. He saw the Victoria already risen far above
75 XXXV | he, “these chaps saw the Victoria skimming the waters of the
76 XXXV | to gain time. Should the Victoria pass this way again, I’ll
77 XXXV | glimpse, each time, of the Victoria; and, although he looked
78 XXXV | What can have become of the Victoria?” he wondered. “The wind
79 XXXV | apparition of the balloon—the Victoria herself—moving toward the
80 XXXV | Tchad!~But by this time the Victoria was disappearing in the
81 XXXVI | they caught sight of the Victoria; the rest continued their
82 XXXVI | lost.”~“Count upon me!”~The Victoria at that moment almost commanded
83 XXXVI | say about fifty feet. The Victoria was now ahead of the party.~“
84 XXXVI | ballast!”~“It’s done!”~And the Victoria, lightened by a weight greater
85 XXXVI | them on the wing, and the Victoria was rapidly speeding far
86 XXXVI | greatest possible need.~The Victoria was then taking an oblique
87 XXXVII | boisterousness of the day, and the Victoria remained quietly at the
88 XXXVII | to north, but finally the Victoria was carried away by it toward
89 XXXVII | and they saved us, for the Victoria was falling into the lake,
90 XXXVII | It was the anchor of the Victoria! You had grounded there!
91 XXXVII | and you know the rest. The Victoria came on at my heels, and
92 XXXVII | map the direction of the Victoria, “we are going due north.”~“
93 XXXVII | In about three hours the Victoria was crossing with extreme
94 XXXVII | hundred and fifty miles, the Victoria halted over an important
95 XXXVII | Dr. Barth visited it.~The Victoria, not being seen in the obscurity
96 XXXVIII| a moderate wind bore the Victoria toward the southwest, and
97 XXXVIII| it with her radiance. The Victoria ascended to a height of
98 XXXVIII| mean to say that the new Victoria is not so good as the old
99 XXXVIII| miles in breadth.”~But the Victoria had already disappeared
100 XXXVIII| large cities!”~At noon the Victoria was passing over a petty
101 XLIX | clock in the evening the Victoria had advanced more than two
102 XLIX | track again.”~In fact, the Victoria was resuming a more northerly
103 XLIX | of the ground.~When the Victoria passed, there was some slight
104 XLIX | the last bags of sand. The Victoria rose higher, and the blow-pipe,
105 XLI | one moment of repose. The Victoria was descending very perceptibly,
106 XLI | our clothes to save the Victoria.”~“We are not far from the
107 XLI | we shall see!”~“The poor Victoria!” sighed Joe; “I had got
108 XLI | shall not be separated.”~The Victoria had ascended some hundred
109 XLI | situation was terrifying. The Victoria was rushing on with great
110 XLI | able to utter a word.~The Victoria had nothing to do now but
111 XLI | difficult piece of work.”~The Victoria, which was skimming along
112 XLII | of a strong ligature.~The Victoria, relieved of this considerable
113 XLII | circle of fire hemmed the Victoria in; the crackling of the
114 XLII | illuminated sides; but the Victoria, released from her fastenings,
115 XLIII | Wind begins to fall.—The Victoria sinks.—The last of the Provisions.—
116 XLIII | lapse of fifteen minutes the Victoria was only one hundred and
117 XLIII | imprecations of their comrades.~The Victoria ascended once more, and
118 XLIII | was now nearly noon; the Victoria was getting empty and exhausted,
119 XLIII | fellow exultingly, as the Victoria, once more relieved, shot
120 XLIII | scorched by the sun.~The Victoria touched the ground several
121 XLIII | rarefying it. Thus, the Victoria quickly began to assume
122 XLIII | Here it is, doctor!”~The Victoria was now two-thirds inflated.~“
123 XLIII | in their arms just as the Victoria fell at the distance of
124 XLIII | cataracts of Gouina.~“The poor Victoria!” was Joe’s farewell remark.~
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