气球上的五星期 英文版 Five Weeks in a Balloon
儒勒.凡尔纳 Jules Verne
CONTENTS.
FIVE WEEKS IN A BALLOON;
CONTENTS.TWENTY-SIXTH.Two?
OR,
JOURNEYS AND DISCOVERIES IN AFRICABY THREE ENGLISHMEN.
COMPILED IN FRENCH
BY JULES VERNE,
FROM THE ORIGINAL NOTES OF DR. FERGUSON.
AND DONE INTO ENGLISH BY
"WILLIAM LACKLAND."
PUBLISHERS' NOTE.
"Five Weeks in a Balloon" is, in a measure, a satire onmodern books of African travel. So far as the geography,the inhabitants, the animals, and the features of the countriesthe travellers pass over are described, it is entirelyaccurate. It gives, in some particulars, a survey of nearlythe whole field of African discovery, and in this way willoften serve to refresh the memory of the reader. The modeof locomotion is, of course, purely imaginary, and the incidentsand adventures fictitious. The latter are abundantlyamusing, and, in view of the wonderful "travellers' tales"with which we have been entertained by African explorers,they can scarcely be considered extravagant; while the ingenuityand invention of the author will be sure to excite thesurprise and the admiration of the reader, who will findM. VERNE as much at home in voyaging through the air as injourneying "Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Seas."
CONTENTS.
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CHAPTER FIRST.
The End of a much-applauded Speech.--The Presentation of Dr. Samuel Ferguson.--Excelsior.--Full-length Portrait of the Doctor.--A Fatalist convinced.--A Dinner at the Travellers' Club.--Several Toasts for the Occasion
CHAPTER SECOND.
The Article in the Daily Telegraph.--War between the Scientific Journals.--Mr. Petermann backs his Friend Dr. Ferguson.--Reply of the Savant Koner.--Bets made.--Sundry Propositions offered to the Doctor
CHAPTER THIRD.
The Doctor's Friend.--The Origin of their Friendship.--Dick Kennedy at London.--An unexpected but not very consoling Proposal.--A Proverb by nomeans cheering.--A few Names from the African Martyrology.--The Advantagesof a Balloon.--Dr. Ferguson's Secret
CHAPTER FOURTH.
African Explorations.--Barth, Richardson, Overweg, Werne, Brun-Rollet, Penney,Andrea, Debono, Miani, Guillaume Lejean, Brace, Krapf and Rebmann,Maizan, Roscher, Burton and Speke
FeetElevation.--A Halt in the Daytime.
CHAPTER FIFTH.
Kennedy's Dreams.--Articles and Pronouns in the Plural.--Dick's Insinuations.--A Promenade over the Map of Africa.--What is contained between twoPoints of the Compass.--Expeditions now on foot.--Speke and Grant.--Krapf,De Decken, and De Heuglin
CHAPTER SIXTH.
A Servant--match him!--He can see the Satellites of Jupiter.--Dick and Joehard at it.--Doubt and Faith.--The Weighing Ceremony.--Joe and Wellington.--He gets a Half-crown
CHAPTER SEVENTH.
Geometrical Details.--Calculation of the Capacity of the Balloon.--The DoubleReceptacle.--The Covering.--The Car.--The Mysterious Apparatus.--TheProvisions and Stores.--The Final Summing up
CHAPTER EIGHTH.
Joe's Importance.--The Commander of the Resolute.--Kennedy's Arsenal.--Mutual Amenities.--The Farewell Dinner.--Departure on the 21st of February.--The Doctor's Scientific Sessions.--Duveyrier.--Livingstone.--Details of theAerial Voyage.--Kennedy silenced
CHAPTER NINTH.
They double the Cape.--The Forecastle.--A Course of Cosmography by ProfessorJoe.--Concerning the Method of guiding Balloons.--How to seek outAtmospheric Currents.--Eureka
CHAPTER TENTH.
Former Experiments.--The Doctor's Five Receptacles.--The Gas Cylinder.--The Calorifere.--The System of Manoeuvring.--Success certain
CHAPTER ELEVENTH.
The Arrival at Zanzibar.--The English Consul.--Ill-will of the Inhabitants.--TheIsland of Koumbeni.--The Rain-Makers.--Inflation of the Balloon.--Departureon the 18th of April.--The last Good-by.--The Victoria
CHAPTER TWELFTH.
Crossing the Strait.--The Mrima.--Dick's Remark and Joe's Proposition.--ARecipe for Coffee-making.--The Uzaramo.--The Unfortunate Maizan.--Mount Duthumi.--The Doctor's Cards.--Night under a Nopal
CHAPTER THIRTEENTH.
Change of Weather.--Kennedy has the Fever.--The Doctor's Medicine.--Travelson Land.--The Basin of Imenge.--Mount Rubeho.--Six Thousand FeetElevation.--A Halt in the Daytime
CHAPTER FOURTEENTH.
The Forest of Gum-Trees.--The Blue Antelope.--The Rallying-Signal.--AnUnexpected Attack.--The Kanyeme.--A Night in the Open Air.--TheMabunguru.--Jihoue-la-Mkoa.--A Supply of Water.--Arrival at Kazeh
CHAPTER FIFTEENTH.
Kazeh.--The Noisy Market-place.--The Appearance of the Balloon.--The Wangaga.--The Sons of the Moon.--The Doctor's Walk.--The Population of thePlace.--The Royal Tembe.--The Sultan's Wives.--A Royal Drunken-Bout.--Joe an Object of Worship.--How they Dance in the Moon.--A Reaction.--Two Moons in one Sky.--The Instability of Divine Honors
CHAPTER SIXTEENTH.
Symptoms of a Storm.--The Country of the Moon.--The Future of the AfricanContinent.--The Last Machine of all.--A View of the Country at Sunset.--Flora and Fauna.--The Tempest.--The Zone of Fire.--The Starry Heavens.
CHAPTER SEVENTEENTH.
The Mountains of the Moon.--An Ocean of Venture.--They cast Anchor.--TheTowing Elephant.--A Running Fire.--Death of the Monster.--The FieldOven.--A Meal on the Grass.--A Night on the Ground
CHAPTER EIGHTEENTH.
The Karagwah.--Lake Ukereoue.--A Night on an Island.--The Equator.--Crossing the Lake.--The Cascades.--A View of the Country.--The Sourcesof the Nile.--The Island of Benga.--The Signature of Andrea Debono.--TheFlag with the Arms of England
CHAPTER NINETEENTH.
The Nile.--The Trembling Mountain.--A Remembrance of the Country.--TheNarratives of the Arabs.--The Nyam-Nyams.--Joe's Shrewd Cogitations.--The Balloon runs the Gantlet.--Aerostatic Ascensions.--Madame Blanchard.
CHAPTER TWENTIETH.
The Celestial Bottle.--The Fig-Palms.--The Mammoth Trees.--The Tree of War.--The Winged Team.--Two Native Tribes in Battle.--A Massacre.--AnIntervention from above
.--The Return to London.
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIRST.
Strange Sounds.--A Night Attack.--Kennedy and Joe in the Tree.--Two Shots.--"Help! help!"--Reply in French.--The Morning.--The Missionary.--ThePlan of Rescue
CHAPTER TWENTY-SECOND.
The Jet of Light.--The Missionary.--The Rescue in a Ray of Electricity.--ALazarist Priest.--But little Hope.--The Doctor's Care.--A Life of Self-Denial.--Passing a Volcano
CHAPTER TWENTY-THIRD.
Joe in a Fit of Rage.--The Death of a Good Man.--The Night of watching by theBody.--Barrenness and Drought.--The Burial.--The Quartz Rocks.--Joe'sHallucinations.--A Precious Ballast.--A Survey of the Gold-bearing Mountains.--The Beginning of Joe's Despair
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOURTH.
The Wind dies away.--The Vicinity of the Desert.--The Mistake in theWaterSupply.--The Nights of the Equator.--Dr. Ferguson's Anxieties.--The Situation flatly stated.--Energetic Replies of Kennedy and Joe.--One Night more
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIFTH.
A Little Philosophy.--A Cloud on the Horizon.--In the Midst of a Fog.--TheStrange Balloon.--An Exact View of the Victoria.--The Palm-Trees.--Tracesof a Caravan.--The Well in the Midst of the Desert
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIXTH.
One Hundred and Thirteen Degrees.--The Doctor's Reflections.--A DesperateSearch.--The Cylinder goes out.--One Hundred and Twenty-two Degrees.--Contemplation of the Desert.--A Night Walk.--Solitude.--Debility.--Joe'sProspects.--He gives himself One Day more
CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVENTH.
Terrific Heat.--Hallucinations.--The Last Drops of Water.--Nights of Despair.--An Attempt at Suicide.--The Simoom.--The Oasis.--The Lion and Lioness.
CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHTH.
An Evening of Delight.--Joe's Culinary Performances.--A Dissertation on RawMeat.--The Narrative of James Bruce.--Camping out.--Joe's Dreams.--TheBarometer begins to fall.--The Barometer rises again.--Preparations forDeparture.--The Tempest
CHAPTER TWENTY-NINTH.
Signs of Vegetation.--The Fantastic Notion of a French Author.--A MagnificentCountry.--The Kingdom of Adamova.--The Explorations of Speke and Burtonconnected with those of Dr. Barth.--The Atlantika Mountains.--TheRiver Benoue.--The City of Yola.--The Bagele.--Mount Mendif
CHAPTER THIRTIETH.
Mosfeia.--The Sheik.--Denham, Clapperton, and Oudney.--Vogel.--The Capitalof Loggoum.--Toole.--Becalmed above Kernak.--The Governor and his Court.--The Attack.--The Incendiary Pigeons
CHAPTER THIRTY-FIRST.
Departure in the Night-time.--All Three.--Kennedy's Instincts.--Precautions.--The Course of the Shari River.--Lake Tchad.--The Water of the Lake.--TheHippopotamus.--One Bullet thrown away
CHAPTER THIRTY-SECOND.
The Capital of Bornou.--The Islands of the Biddiomahs.--The Condors.--TheDoctor's Anxieties.--His Precautions.--An Attack in Mid-air.--The BalloonCovering torn.--The Fall.--Sublime Self-Sacrifice.--The Northern Coast ofthe Lake
CHAPTER THIRTY-THIRD.
Conjectures.--Reestablishment of the Victoria's Equilibrium.--Dr.Ferguson's New Calculations.--Kennedy's Hunt.--A Complete Explorationof Lake Tchad.--Tangalia.--The Return.--Lari
CHAPTER THIRTY-FOURTH.
The Hurricane.--A Forced Departure.--Loss of an Anchor.--MelancholyReflections.--The Resolution adopted.--The Sand-Storm.--The Buried Caravan.--A Contrary yet Favorable Wind.--The Return southward.--Kennedy at his Post
CHAPTER THIRTY-FIFTH.
What happened to Joe.--The Island of the Biddiomahs.--The Adoration shownhim.--The Island that sank.--The Shores of the Lake.--The Tree of theSerpents.--The Foot-Tramp.--Terrible Suffering.--Mosquitoes and Ants.--Hunger.--The Victoria seen.--She disappears.--The Swamp.--One LastDespairing Cry
CHAPTER THIRTY-SIXTH.
A Throng of People on the Horizon.--A Troop of Arabs.--The Pursuit.--It isHe.--Fall from Horseback.--The Strangled Arab.--A Ball from Kennedy.--Adroit Manoeuvres.--Caught up flying.--Joe saved at last
CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVENTH.
The Western Route.--Joe wakes up.--His Obstinacy.--End of Joe's Narrative.--Tagelei.--Kennedy's Anxieties.--The Route to the North.--A Night nearAghades
CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHTH.
A Rapid Passage.--Prudent Resolves.--Caravans in Sight.--Incessant Rains.--Goa.--The Niger.--Golberry, Geoffroy, and Gray.--Mungo Park.--Laing.--Rene Caillie.--Clapperton.--John and Richard Lander
CHAPTER THIRTY-NINTH.
The Country in the Elbow of the Niger.--A Fantastic View of the HomboriMountains.--Kabra.--Timbuctoo.--The Chart of Dr. Barth.--A Decaying City.--Whither Heaven wills
Dr. Ferguson's Anxieties.--Persistent Movement southward.--A Cloud ofGrasshoppers.--A View of Jenne.--A View of Sego.--Change of the Wind.--Joe's Regrets
CHAPTER FORTY-FIRST.
The Approaches to Senegal.--The Balloon sinks lower and lower.--Theykeep throwing out, throwing out.--The Marabout Al-Hadji.--Messrs. Pascal,Vincent, and Lambert.--A Rival of Mohammed.--The Difficult Mountains.--Kennedy's Weapons.--One of Joe's Manoeuvres.--A Halt over a Forest
CHAPTER FORTY-SECOND.
A Struggle of Generosity.--The Last Sacrifice.--The Dilating Apparatus.--Joe'sAdroitness.--Midnight.--The Doctor's Watch.--Kennedy's Watch.--The Latterfalls asleep at his Post.--The Fire.--The Howlings of the Natives.--Outof Range
CHAPTER FORTY-THIRD.
The Talabas.--The Pursuit.--A Devastated Country.--The Wind begins tofall.--The Victoria sinks.--The last of the Provisions.--The Leaps ofthe Balloon.--A Defence with Fire-arms.--The Wind freshens.--The SenegalRiver.--The Cataracts of Gouina.--The Hot Air.--The Passage of the River
CHAPTER FORTY-FOURTH.
Conclusion.--The Certificate.--The French Settlements.--The Post of Medina.--The Battle.--Saint Louis.--The English Frigate.--The Return to London.