springboc

Meantime the trader, attended by Umgolo, set off in search of a springboc or a pallah, called also the rooyaboc, or a wild boar or a water-buck, whose flesh might serve the party for supper and breakfast.

Hendricks the Hunter The Border Farm, a Tale of Zululand William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

Before noon the horses were brought back, and the hunters returning with a springboc, no time was lost in inspanning, and the waggon proceeded on at a faster pace than usual, to make up for lost time.

Hendricks the Hunter The Border Farm, a Tale of Zululand William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

To be sure, all boys are not like Denis here, who boasts that he shot a springboc before he was ten years old, and that he has since killed a lion and a wild boar, his great ambition being now to bring an elephant to the ground. "

Hendricks the Hunter The Border Farm, a Tale of Zululand William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

"As I have been fast asleep I cannot tell you, but the chances are that he has taken his gun to show his skill as a sportsman, and hopes to bring back a pallah or springboc for breakfast.

Hendricks the Hunter The Border Farm, a Tale of Zululand William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

"You'll then feel that you'd rather bring down a springboc, or gnu, or any other animal we may come across, than see the waggon moving ever so merrily along.

Hendricks the Hunter The Border Farm, a Tale of Zululand William Henry Giles Kingston 1847