Chapter 28 An Evening of Delight.—Joe's Culinary Performance.—A Dissertation on Raw Meat.—The Narrative of James Bruce.—Camping out.—Joe's Dreams.—The Barometer begins to fall.—The Barometer rises again.—Prepara-tions for Departure.—The Tempest. The evening was lovely, and our three friends enjoyed it in the cool shade of the mimosas, after a substantial repast, at which the tea and the punch were dealt out with no niggardly hand. Kennedy had traversed the little domain in all directions. He had ransacked every thicket and satisfied himself that the bal-loon party were the only living creatures in this terrestrial paradise; so they stretched themselves upon their blankets