vi THROUGH ANGOLA 



both sentiment and interest urged me to Angola 

 to see a country which he had crossed. 



The two chapters on the voyage to Angola, by 

 way of the islands of the Desertas, with their wild 

 goats ; of Cape Verde, and their barren grandeur ; 

 San Thome and Principe, with their tropical 

 beauty, may interest those who sail by them or 

 care to know their story. That on the history of 

 the colony goes back 350 years, and is full of 

 curious incident and quaint custom taken from 

 original works of earlier centuries in Portuguese, 

 Italian, Dutch, and French. 



Three chapters deal with the railways of the 

 colony. The story of the Benguella-Katanga line 

 and how a Briton fought single-handed to prevent 

 German control of this valuable commercial and 

 strategical route, is a small tribute to one of that 

 famous band of men of whom Rhodes was the chief. 



The chapter on the highlands of Angola, land, 

 soil, stock produce, and 400 species of its plant 

 life may benefit the settler, as that on the 

 economic future may interest the investor. 



The description of 350 animals, and the quest and 

 hunting of the g ; ant sable will give an idea of Angola's 

 fY.una and that splendid newly-found antelope, of 

 its habits and the country it lives in, and induce 

 others to seek it with mercy and protect its future. 



The pages devoted to insects and the diseases 

 they carry are written from many years of scientific 



