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But two of our young men, having gone off at sunrise, shot a fine water-buck, and down came the provision market to the lower figure; they even became eager to sell, but our men were angry with them for trying compulsion, and would not buy.

A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries 2004

And now this life that she had built again was coming to a term because he had not used iodine two weeks ago when a thorn had scratched his knee as they moved forward trying to photograph a herd of water-buck standing, their heads up, peering while their nostrils searched the air, their ears spread wide to hear the first noise that would send them rushing into the bush.

The Short Stories Ernest Hemingway 1953

Would I want thee smelling of the jungle again, as thou didst after chasing the water-buck through the bamboos?

O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921 Various

They and the tiny dikdik furnished our table; and an occasional water-buck satisfied the men.

African Camp Fires Stewart Edward White 1909

The water-buck came here in herds from the elephant country away south, beyond the hour-glass-like constriction which divided the great forest, and the tiny dik-dik, smallest of all antelopes, came also to take its sip.

The Pools of Silence 1907

Stanley was very full of his trip, for Carew had readily given him the two or three days 'leave; and in the direction whither they journeyed were roan and sable and water-buck and probably lions to rejoice the heart of a game young British South

The Rhodesian Gertrude Page 1897

As we did not know if we should return to this village, we put all our gear into the canoe, and also a quarter of cooked water-buck, which when young is delicious eating, and off we set, natives having already gone before us in light canoes to warn the inhabitants of the other villages of our approach.

Allan Quatermain Henry Rider Haggard 1890

I think I have said that we had put a roast quarter of water-buck into the canoe.

Allan Quatermain Henry Rider Haggard 1890

We got a water-buck and a large buffalo, and remained during the forenoon to cut up the meat, and started at 2

The Last Journals of David Livingstone from 1865 to His Death Ed 1874

A water-buck had been killed and eaten at one spot, the ground showing marks of a severe struggle, but no game was to be seen.

The Last Journals of David Livingstone from 1865 to His Death Ed 1874