springbuck
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I have not told of all our adventures—of how we pursued the springbuck at full gallop across the trackless plains in your springless, home-made rattletrap, behind four wild, half-trained horses,—until we were black and blue.
From Lodges in the Wilderness by Scully, W. C. (William Charles)
There is no more beautiful and fascinating sight than that of a troop of impala or springbuck really on the move and jumping in earnest.
From Jock of the Bushveld by Fitzpatrick, Percy, Sir
The springbuck has always spent its life in an environment of menace, but as conditions change the nature of the menace changes with them.
From Lodges in the Wilderness by Scully, W. C. (William Charles)
Luckily the carcass of the springbuck, which was left behind, was too great a prize to be parted with, and the enemy captured it in preference to the huntsmen!
From South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 3 (of 6) From the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899, to Lord Roberts's Advance into the Free State, 12th Feb. 1900 by Creswicke, Louis
A few springbuck were occasionally to be seen, but they were exceedingly wild.
From Lodges in the Wilderness by Scully, W. C. (William Charles)
A few springbucks, waifs from some trekking herd, stood at gaze as we swept by.
From Lodges in the Wilderness by Scully, W. C. (William Charles)
When Outa was young he was nearly killed by a troop of springbucks, and he thought, ‘No, not toch trampled to death; to be carried down the river is better.’
From Outa Karel's Stories South African Folk-Lore Tales by Metelerkamp, Sanni
But when the flood came and the river carried Outa away, he fought for his life just as hard as when the springbucks were on him.
From Outa Karel's Stories South African Folk-Lore Tales by Metelerkamp, Sanni
I have seen hundreds of springbucks sold for a shilling apiece; blesbucks and wildebeeste for half a crown.
From Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer by Scully, W. C. (William Charles)
This time they did not make for the kopje, but strolled across the flats, where a few springbucks were playing about unconcernedly as though they knew it was Sunday.
From Between Sun and Sand A Tale of an African Desert by Scully, W. C. (William Charles)
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