And, rushing to the magazine, he returned with a dozen dynamite cartridges, which he distributed to the men.

At a sign from Robur, these cartridges were fired at the hillock, and as they reached the ground exploded like so many small shells.
The king and his court and army and people were stricken with fear at the turn things had taken.

They fled under the trees, while the prisoners ran off without anybody thinking of pursuing them.
In this way was the festival interfered with.

And in this way did Uncle Prudent and, Phil Evans recognize the power of the aeronef and the services it could render to humanity.
Soon the "Albatross" rose again to a moderate height, and passing over Whydah lost to view this savage coast which the southwest wind hems round with an inaccessible surf.

And she flew out over the Atlantic..