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So tough were some of these reitbok, that a gentleman once told me that he thought, after the first bullet, all others seemed to do them good.

From Sporting Scenes amongst the Kaffirs of South Africa by Drayson, A. W. (Alfred Wilks)

Our bag on this day was a reitbok, a boa-constrictor, and a brace and a half of partridges.

From Sporting Scenes amongst the Kaffirs of South Africa by Drayson, A. W. (Alfred Wilks)

I looked all round, but could discover no signs whatever of the reitbok.

From Sporting Scenes amongst the Kaffirs of South Africa by Drayson, A. W. (Alfred Wilks)

When riding a few hundred yards from Major K—, I fired at a fine ram reitbok, that got up about fifty yards in advance.

From Sporting Scenes amongst the Kaffirs of South Africa by Drayson, A. W. (Alfred Wilks)

I saw his reasoning, and that it was not likely that a reitbok would be very far from water.

From Sporting Scenes amongst the Kaffirs of South Africa by Drayson, A. W. (Alfred Wilks)