EPISODE · May 24, 2026 · 14 MIN
Five Weeks in a Balloon Chapter 17
from The Jules Verne Library · host Jules Verne
In which our intrepid travellers, navigating the verdant expanse beneath the famed Mountains of the Moon, find their balloon unexpectedly tethered to a grand elephant, leading to an adventurous and precarious encounter amid the African wilderness. After a dramatic struggle ensues, the companions make camp upon the grassy plain, sharing a meal prepared from the elephant’s flesh and setting watch-fires against the nocturnal prowlers that haunt the night.
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In which our intrepid travellers, navigating the verdant expanse beneath the famed Mountains of the Moon, find their balloon unexpectedly tethered to a grand elephant, leading to an adventurous and precarious encounter amid the African wilderness. After a dramatic struggle ensues, the companions make camp upon the grassy plain, sharing a meal prepared from the elephant’s flesh and setting watch-fires against the nocturnal prowlers that haunt the night.
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