Hank sat in the front seat with Betsy, so that he could rest his front hoofs upon the dragon's head.

Behind them were Shaggy and Polychrome, then Files and the Princess, and Queen Ann and Tik-Tok.

The officers rode in the rear seats.

When all had mounted to their places the dragon looked very like one of those sightseeing wagons so common in big cities--only he had legs instead of wheels.
"All ready ?" asked Quox, and when they said they were he crawled to the mouth of the Tube and put his head in.
"Good-bye, and good luck to you!" called Tubekins; but no one thought to reply, because just then the dragon slid his great body into the Tube and the journey to the other side of the world had begun.
At first they went so fast that they could scarcely catch their breaths, but presently Quox slowed up and said with a sort of cackling laugh: "My scales! but that is some tumble.

I think I shall take it easy and fall slower, or I'm likely to get dizzy.