Five Weeks in a Balloon - 16

by Jules Verne in English Adventure Stories

Chapter 16 Symptoms of a Storm.—The Country of the Moon.—The Future of the African Continent.—The Last Machine of all.—A View of the Country at Sunset.— Flora and Fauna.—The Tempest.—The Zone of Fire.—The Starry Heavens. "See," said Joe, "what comes ...Read Moreplaying the sons of the moon without her leave! She came near serving us an ugly trick. But say, master, did you damage your credit as a physician?" "Yes, indeed," chimed in the sportsman. "What kind of a dignitary was this Sultan of Kazeh?" "An old half-dead sot," replied the doctor, "whose loss will not be very severely felt. But Read Less