Chapter 8 Joe's Importance.—The Commander of the Resol-ute.—Kennedy's Arsenal.—Mutual Amenities.—The Farewell Dinner.—Departure on the 21 st of Febru-ary.—The Doctor's Scientific Sessions.— Duveyrier.—Livingstone.—Details of the Aerial Voyage.—Kennedy silenced. About the 10th of February, the preparations were pretty well completed; and the balloons, firmly secured, one within the other, were altogether finished. They had been subjected to a powerful pneumatic pressure in all parts, and the test gave excellent evidence of their solidity and of the care applied in their construction. Joe hardly knew what he was about, with delight. He trotted incessantly to and fro between his home in Greek Street,