Chapter 3 The Doctor's Friend.—The Origin of their Friend-ship.—Dick Kennedy at London.—An unexpected but not very consoling Proposal.—A Proverb by no means cheer-ing.—A few Names from the African Martyrology.—The Advantages of a Balloon.—Dr. Ferguson's Secret. Dr. Ferguson had a friend—not another self, indeed, an alter ego, for friendship could not exist between two beings exactly alike. But, if they possessed different qualities, aptitudes, and tem-peraments, Dick Kennedy and Samuel Ferguson lived with one and the same heart, and that gave them no great trouble. In fact, quite the reverse. Dick Kennedy was a Scotchman, in the full acceptation of the