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ing obtained on the road itself and at the frequent 

 camps, a great deal of country could be searched 

 under pleasant conditions. 



Most of the game animals, except elephant, 

 buffalo, bush cow, and the giant sable, would 

 probably be met near the less-frequented roads. 



The giant sable, that prize of all Angolan game, 

 cannot be reached directly by railway and car 

 from the south, but only after two days' marching 

 from the nearest motor - road points, which are 

 Gamba to the west of it, and Coanza post to its 

 south. From either of these posts, the journey 

 would have to be continued by wagon or carrier 

 transport. 



If the sable hunter enters Angola by Loanda, 

 and travels along the north railway to Melanje, 

 he might use the road now under construction, 

 from Melanje south-westward to Mossolo and then 

 southward to the post of Chimbango in the Luando- 

 Coanza watershed country. This road may later 

 be continued south to the Coanza post, to meet the 

 motor road which runs from there westwards to 

 Bihe and the Central Angolan Railway ; but its con- 

 struction is so uncertain that careful inquiry should 

 be made at Loanda before attempting a motor 

 journey to the sable country from Melanje and 

 the north, which was impracticable in 1920. An 

 approach from the south, by train to rail-head and 

 motor through Bihe to either Gamba or Coanza 

 post, is by good roads, and easily made, and from 

 these posts the expedition could be continued by 

 carriers collected at them in advance, by arrange- 

 ment with their Commandants. 

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