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Five Weeks in a Balloon: Or, Journeys and Discoveries in Africa by Three Englishmen

Jules Verne

Five Weeks in a Balloon: Or, Journeys and Discoveries in Africa by Three Englishmen

Paperback (Forgotten Books Feb. 10, 2017)
Excerpt from Five Weeks in a Balloon: Or, Journeys and Discoveries in Africa by Three Englishmen

Water-Supply.; The Nights of the Equator.; Dr. Ferguson's Anxieties.; The Situation flatly stated.; Energetic Replies of Kennedy and Joe.; One Night more.; A Little Philosophy.; A Cloud on the Horizon.; In the Midst of a Fog.; The Strange Balloon.; An Exact View of the Victoria.; The Palm-Trees.; Traces of a Caravan.; The Well in the Midst of the Desert.; One Hundred and Thirteen Degrees.; The Doctor's Reflections.; A Desperate Search.; The Cylinder goes out.; One Hundred and Twenty-two Degrees.; Contemplation of the Desert.; A Night Walk.; Solitude.; Debility.; Joe's Prospects.; He give himself One Day more.; Terrific Heat.; Hallucinations.; The Last Drops of Water.; Nights of despair.; An attempt at Suicide.; The Simoom.; The Oasis.; The Lion and Lioness.; An Evening of Delight.; Joe's Culinary Performances.; A Dissertation of 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.; Signs of Vegetation.; The Fantastic Notion of a French Author.; A Magnificent Country.; The Kingdom of Adamova.; The Exploration of Speke and Burton connected with those of Dr. Barth.; The Atlantika Mountains.; The River Benoné.; The City of Yola.; The Bagelé.; Mount Mendif.; Mosfeia.; The Shiek.; Denham.; .Clapperton, and Oudney.; Vogel.; The Capital of Loggoun.; Toole.; Becalmed above Kernak.; The Governor and his Court.; The Attack.; The Incendiary Pigeons.; Departure in the Night-time.; All Three.; Kennedy's Instincts.; Precautions.; The Course of the Shari River.; Lake Tehad.; The Water of the Lake.; The Hippopotamus.; One Bullet thrown away

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ISBN
1440055491 / 9781440055492
Pages
368
Weight
14.1 oz.
Dimensions
6.0 x 0.8 in.

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