1The End of a much-applauded Speech.—The Presentation of Dr. Samuel2The Article in the Daily Telegraph.—War between the Scientific3The Doctor’s Friend.—The Origin of their Friendship.—Dick Kennedy at4African Explorations.—Barth, Richardson, Overweg, Werne, Brun-Rollet,5Kennedy’s Dreams.—Articles and Pronouns in the Plural.—Dick’s6A Servant—match him!—He can see the Satellites of Jupiter.—Dick and Joe7Geometrical Details.—Calculation of the Capacity of the Balloon.—The8Joe’s Importance.—The Commander of the Resolute.—Kennedy’s9They double the Cape.—The Forecastle.—A Course of Cosmography by10Former Experiments.—The Doctor’s Five Receptacles.—The Gas11The Arrival at Zanzibar.—The English Consul.—Ill-will of the12Crossing the Strait.—The Mrima.—Dick’s Remark and Joe’s Proposition.—A13Change of Weather.—Kennedy has the Fever.—The Doctor’s14The Forest of Gum-Trees.—The Blue Antelope.—The Rallying-Signal.—An15Kazeh.—The Noisy Market-place.—The Appearance of the Balloon.—The16Symptoms of a Storm.—The Country of the Moon.—The Future of the African17The Mountains of the Moon.—An Ocean of Verdure.—They cast Anchor.—The18The Karagwah.—Lake Ukéréoué.—A Night on an Island.—The19The Nile.—The Trembling Mountain.—A Remembrance of the Country.—The20The Celestial Bottle.—The Fig-Palms.—The Mammoth Trees.—The Tree of21Strange Sounds.—A Night Attack.—Kennedy and Joe in the Tree.—Two22The Jet of Light.—The Missionary.—The Rescue in a Ray of Electricity.—A23Joe in a Fit of Rage.—The Death of a Good Man.—The Night of watching by24The Wind dies away.—The Vicinity of the Desert.—The Mistake in the25A Little Philosophy.—A Cloud on the Horizon.—In the Midst of a Fog.—The26One Hundred and Thirteen Degrees.—The Doctor’s Reflections.—A Desperate27Terrific Heat.—Hallucinations.—The Last Drops of Water.—Nights of28An Evening of Delight.—Joe’s Culinary Performance.—A Dissertation on29Signs of Vegetation.—The Fantastic Notion of a French Author.—A30Mosfeia.—The Sheik.—Denham, Clapperton, and Oudney.—Vogel.—The Capital31Departure in the Night-time.—All Three.—Kennedy’s32The Capital of Bornou.—The Islands of the Biddiomahs.—The Condors.—The33Conjectures.—Reestablishment of the Victoria’s Equilibrium.—Dr.34The Hurricane.—A Forced Departure.—Loss of an Anchor.—Melancholy35What happened to Joe.—The Island of the Biddiomahs.—The Adoration shown36A Throng of People on the Horizon.—A Troop of Arabs.—The Pursuit.—It is37The Western Route.—Joe wakes up.—His Obstinacy.—End of Joe’s38A Rapid Passage.—Prudent Resolves.—Caravans in Sight.—Incessant39The Country in the Elbow of the Niger.—A Fantastic View of the Hombori40Dr. Ferguson’s Anxieties.—Persistent Movement southward.—A Cloud of41The Approaches to Senegal.—The Balloon sinks lower and lower.—They keep42A Struggle of Generosity.—The Last Sacrifice.—The Dilating43The Talabas.—The Pursuit.—A Devastated Country.—The Wind begins to44Conclusion.—The Certificate.—The French Settlements.—The Post of
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