AUTHOR'S NOTE 



SINCE this book went to press, news has been received of 

 the tragic death, arising from the shipwreck of his 

 schooner, of Captain Eric Hunt, whose initiative and energy 

 were so largely responsible for the discovery of the second 

 Coelacanth at the French Comoro Islands. 



According to reports Hunt lost his life while attempting 

 to save others. The small boat in which he set out to seek 

 help at the Comores, was later found empty and waterlogged, 

 overwhelmed by weather or by sharks. 



