BUFFALO, Cape buffalo (Bos Caffer). Height, 5 ft. 6 in.; weight, 



possibly 1000 Ibs. ; horns, 48 in. from tip to tip and 36 in. each 



in length on curve. 

 BULTONG, or BILTONG (fro. biltong) (n), meat cut in strips, slightly 



salted, and dried in the open air. 

 BUSHBUCK, a medium-sized but very courageous antelope (Trage- 



laphm scriptus). Height, 3 ft. ; weight, 1 30 Ibs. ; horns (male only), 



l8in. 

 BUSHVELD, properly BOSCHVELD (D), bush country; also called Low 



Veld and Low Country. 



CANE RAT (Thryonomys szvinderenianus). 

 CETYWAYO (see KETSHWAYO). 



CHAKA, properly TSHAKA (N), the first of the great Zulu kings and 

 founder of the Zulu military power. 



DASSIE (pro. daas-ey) (D), rock-rabbit ; coney (Procavia (Hyrax) ca- 

 pensls] (lit. little badger). 



DINGAAN, properly DINGAN (E) (N), the second of the great Zulu 

 kings; brother, murderer, and successor of Chaka. 



DISSELBOOM (D), the pole of a vehicle. 



DONGA (N), a gully or dry watercourse with steep banks. 



DOUGHBOYS, scones ; frequently unleavened dough baked in coals ; 

 also ash-cakes, roaster cookies, stick-in-the-gizzards, veld-bricks, 

 &c. 



DRIFT (D), a ford. 



DUIKER (pro. in Eng. dyker, in Dutch dayker) (D), a small antelope 

 found throughout Africa (Cephalophus grimmi). Gross weight, 

 30 to 40 Ibs.; height, 28 in.; horns, 5 in. (///. diver, so called from 

 its habit of disappearing and reappearing in low scrub in a suc- 

 cession of bounds when it first starts running). 



GO'WAY BIRD, the grey plantain eater (Schizorhis concolor)* 



HARTEBEESTE (pro. haar-te-beast) (D), a large antelope, of which there 

 are several varieties, varying in gross weight from 300 to 500 Ibs. 

 Height, 48 in.; horns, 24 in. 



HIGHVELD, properly HOOGEVELD (D), high country; the plateau, about 

 5000 to 6000 ft. above sea-level. 



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