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FIVE WEEKS IN A BALLOON;

OR,

JOURNEYS AND DISCOVERIES IN AFRICA
BY 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 on modern books of African travel. So far as the
geography, the inhabitants, the animals, and the features of the countries the travellers pass over are
described, it is entirely accurate. It gives, in some particulars, a survey of nearly the whole field of African
discovery, and in this way will often serve to refresh the memory of the reader. The mode of locomotion is, of
course, purely imaginary, and the incidents and adventures fictitious. The latter are abundantly amusing, 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 ingenuity and invention of the author will be sure to excite
the surprise and the admiration of the reader, who will find M. VERNE as much at home in voyaging through
the air as in journeying "Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Seas."

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.