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 1 I      |          awake at any hour of the night.~Nothing, then, was less
 2 V      |          his head reel; and every night he had visions of being
 3 VIII   |       jovial felicitations of the night. After having drunk to the “
 4 VIII   |     trains, by travelling day and night, it would take only seven
 5 VIII   |      inequality of the ground, at night, I shall not fail to do
 6 XI     |        commenced on the following night, about three A.M., and lasted
 7 XI     |      continued until far into the night.~About six o’clock in the
 8 XI     |      feared, all three slept that night on board the Resolute. At
 9 XII    |      Dathumi.—The Doctor’s Cards.—Night under a Nopal.~The air was
10 XII    |           was to serve during the night watches.~At the end of about
11 XII    |           to find shelter for the night. I’ll stir up the heat in
12 XII    |            Shall we not travel at night?” asked the Scotchman.~“
13 XII    |            It was agreed that the night should be divided into three
14 XIII   |          Halt in the Daytime.~The night was calm. However, on Saturday
15 XIII   |      better for having passed the night in it.”~“To tell the truth,
16 XIII   |          unendurable humidity! At night, a cold frequently intolerable,
17 XIV    | Unexpected Attack.—The Kanyeme.—A Night in the Open Air.—The Mabunguru.—
18 XIV    |           he resolved to pass the night afloat, and, for greater
19 XIV    |          remained motionless. The night was magnificent, the heavens
20 XIV    |           it is the compass!”~The night was cold. There were twenty-seven
21 XIV    |       wind had changed during the night. The balloon had been bearing
22 XVI    |          examined the luminary of night from an entirely novel point
23 XVI    |             No, my dear Dick; the night is close at hand—a threatening
24 XVI    |       close at hand—a threatening night with a tempest in the background—
25 XVI    |           earth, and not know all night whether we were moving forward
26 XVI    |        was then eleven o’clock at night.~“Thank Heaven, all danger
27 XVII   |            A Meal on the Grass.—A Night on the Ground.~About four
28 XVII   |       doctor resolved to pass the night on the ground, and Joe arranged
29 XVII   |   unceremonious visitors, but the night passed without any untoward
30 XVIII  |        Karagwah.—Lake Ukereoue.—A Night on an Island.—The Equator.—
31 XVIII  |       stars, during the preceding night. He knew that he was in
32 XVIII  |         has granted us a tranquil night.”~“Won’t you do the same,
33 XVIII  |           a grayish sky overhead; night was slow in quitting the
34 XIX    |        Heaven!”~At ten o’clock at night, after passing over ravines,
35 XIX    |        and all quietly passed the night as usual, keeping the regular
36 XIX    |           the signal to halt.~The night passed without accident,
37 XXI    |   TWENTY-FIRST.~Strange Sounds.—A Night Attack.—Kennedy and Joe
38 XXI    |           The Plan of Rescue.~The night came on very dark. The doctor
39 XXI    |         broke the darkness of the night.~“Oh!” ejaculated the astonished
40 XXII   |         the gloom, and during the night, while Kennedy and Joe relieved
41 XXII   |         glowed redly in the upper night; a torrid heat ascended
42 XXIII  |          Death of a Good Man.—The Night of watching by the Body.—
43 XXIII  |          s Despair.~A magnificent night overspread the earth, and
44 XXIII  |     Heaven has given him a lovely night, Joe—his last on earth,
45 XXIII  |          of that clear, beautiful night. The stars sent him their
46 XXIII  |          on this beautiful summer night?”~“Death is at hand,” replied
47 XXIII  |        joys; in the midst of that night which sent to him its softest
48 XXIII  |            During the rest of the night the body was watched, turn
49 XXIV   |          of Kennedy and Joe. —One Night more.~The balloon, having
50 XXIV   |        which it stood, passed the night in perfect quietness; and
51 XXIV   |       determined not to travel by night, for fear of passing some
52 XXIV   |        The car rested, during the night, upon an immense plateau,
53 XXIV   |   motionless sky.~To the tranquil night and its starry magnificence
54 XXIV   |        same exhaustless rays, and night condensed in its shadow
55 XXIV   |        bequeath to the succeeding night. The wind, now scarcely
56 XXIV   |    demands of intense thirst.~The night passed quietly—too quietly,
57 XXV    |            Dick, as well pass the night here as elsewhere; let us
58 XXVI   |    Contemplation of the Desert.—A Night Walk.—Solitude.—Debility.—
59 XXVI   |         gloomy repast.~During the night none of them kept awake;
60 XXVI   |        gaze became confused.~When night came on, the doctor determined
61 XXVI   |           starry clearness of the night. The first few steps he
62 XXVII  |         place during that fearful night neither of them knew, but,
63 XXVIII |    blankets and passed a peaceful night that brought them forgetfulness
64 XXVIII |        ready his firewood for the night, making just as little of
65 XXVIII |         had done for the previous night; and during the watches
66 XIX    |    Ferguson did not close his all night, and he was repeatedly on
67 XIX    |        heartily relished, and the night was passed in undisturbed
68 XXX    |        the remainder of that day.~Night came, and not a breath of
69 XXX    |       through the darkness of the night, until, little by little,
70 XXXII  |   sportsman fastened it securely. Night came, but neither Ferguson
71 XXXIII |          had passed the preceding night. The anchor, instead of
72 XXXV   |         and through a part of the night, he heard festive chantings,
73 XXXV   |            It had sunk during the night. In its place, the watery
74 XXXV   |           he resolved to pass the night on the shores of Lake Tchad.~
75 XXXV   |           them! It was a terrible night, that did not yield our
76 XXXV   |          of the lake, filling the night with a hideous concert.
77 XXXV   |        day and a part of the next night. He even dragged himself
78 XXXV   |          soon become a marsh, for night had set in some hours before,
79 XXXV   |           died away feebly on the night.~
80 XXXVII |         The Route to the North.—A Night near Aghades.~During the
81 XXXVII |          near Aghades.~During the night the wind lulled as though
82 XXXVII |           I walked on part of the night away from the lake, until
83 XXXVII |          seen in the obscurity of night, descended about two miles
84 XXXVII |         in a field of millet. The night was calm, and began to break
85 XXXVIII|    resolved to keep on during the night, the moon, still nearly
86 XXXVIII|          progress, and even avoid night halts.”~“Are we still far
87 XXXVIII|         with accuracy. During the night they go by the polar star.
88 XXXVIII|         longitude, and during the night left another degree behind
89 XL     |          the houses; and, even at night, the activity of the place
90 XLI    |     difficult to avoid during the night with a balloon that could
91 XLI    |           me think of passing the night below, on the ground.”~“
92 XLII   |       slumber on the instant.~The night was calm. A few clouds broke