Slowly the Kite settled down.
Barney and Pomp brought out their tools and went quickly to work.
Both were trained machinists, and Barney was a skilled electrician.
They were likely to as ably repair the Kite as it would have been possible to do under Frank Reade, Jr.’s personal supervision.
The Kite gently touched the ground, and Barney threw out an anchor.
There was no sign of an enemy in the vicinity, and all seemed safe. Therefore they did not hesitate to do this.
Harding busied himself about the ship’s deck, clearing up the debris, and making things ship-shape once more.
So intent were the three voyagers in all this that they did not notice an occurrence which now threatened them with positive danger.
From the deep forest there suddenly emerged a train of donkeys, six in number, with four men.
These came to an astonished halt at sight of the air-ship.