Five Weeks in a Balloon

CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHTH.

An Evening of De­light.–Joe’s Culi­nary Per­for­mances.–A Dis­ser­ta­tion on Raw Meat.–The Nar­ra­tive of James Bruce.–Camp­ing out.–Joe’s Dreams.–The Barom­eter be­gins to fall.–The Barom­eter ris­es again.–Prepa­ra­tions for De­par­ture.–The Tem­pest