Contents

Introduction

Collecting in the Cameroons

1. In which I have a tug-of-war with a Nile monitor

2. In which I become involved with baby crocodiles, bushtailed porcupines and various snakes

3. In which Puff and Blow take over

4. In which I am bitten by bandits

5. In which I become involved with a number of monkeys

6. The story of Cholmondely the chimpanzee

7. Problems of hairy frogs, tortoises, and other beasts

8. In which the new Noah sets sail in his ark

PART TWO

Hunts and Captures in Guiana

9. In which Amos the ant-eater leads us a dance

10. Toads that have pockets, and other weird beasts

11. In which Cuthbert the curassow causes trouble

12. In which I meet several new animals including the moonshine unwarie

13. In which I catch a fish with four eyes

14. Which describes the giant cayman and the shocking electric eel

PART THREE

Perambulations in Paraguay

15. In which I hunt with the gauchos

16. In which I have trouble with toads, snakes, and Paraguayans

17. The Story of Cai; Pooh; and Sarah Huggersack the only ant-eater film star

Afterword