The Meridian of London can never make itself popular at the Cape of Good Hope.Narrator
The balloon always retains the same quantity of gas, and the spirits of the voyagers never fail.Narrator
He never spoke one word, not even when the muttering of the sleepers in the neighbouring huts came to his ear.Narrator
Men of genius are pretty much the same in all countries; they know each other at once.Narrator
It is true I have never given the subject much consideration, but I should fancy a quick hunter like Joe, with a double barrelled gun and a few slug cartridges, could do wonders.Dick Kennedy
There is no rush more dreadful than that of the elephant.Narrator
Every trial and every danger encountered only served to bring out more distinctly their essential dissimilarity.Narrator
'It's a balloon' said one fellah, in English.Narrator
Either we are too heavy, and go down, or the balloon is too light and goes up. It's a difficult position.Dick Kennedy
It's not the first time I've been in a scrape, and I guess it won't be the last. Such things are only what a man must count on when he undertakes such a wild-goose chase as this.Joe