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I had read and heard much of steenboks, and other noble game, but we saw nothing of the kind, not even a monkey; nor did we even hear the laugh of the hyena at night.

From The Cape and the Kaffirs A Diary of Five Years' Residence in Kaffirland by Ward, Harriet

We set up some guinea-fowl and other birds, and startled a hare, but let them go, as our aim was steenboks.

From Six Months at the Cape by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)