CONTENTS 



PART I 

 THE JOURNEY 



BY THE DESERTED ISLANDS TO ANGOLA, AND 

 THROUGH IT IN QUEST OF THE GIANT SABLE 



CHAPTER I 



THE QUEST OF THE GIANT SABLE ENGLAND TO MADEIRA PAGE 

 THE WILD GOATS OF THE DESERTAS . . .3 



CHAPTER II 

 MADEIRA TO ANGOLA BY THK WEST AFRICAN ISLANDS . 18 



CHAPTER III 

 LOANDA TO MELANJE AND THE NORTHERN AM.OI.AX HAU.V, \v 32 



CHAPTER IV 



THE MARCH SOUTH TO FIND THE SABLE . . .43 



CHAPTER V 

 MY FIRST GIANT SABLE ... .60 



CHAPTER VI 

 A NIGHT WATCH : PHOTOGH \PIIY AND BAD LUCK . 73 



