See also:

• SPRINGBUCK, or SPRINGBOK (Antidorcas euchore)

SPRINGBUCK, or SPRINGBOK (Antidorcas euchore)  , an aberrant See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• AFRICAN

African gazelle inhabiting the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country south of the See also:

• ZAMBEZI

Zambezi, but ranging See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north-westwards to See also:

• MOSSAMEDES

Mossamedes . In the more settled parts of Cape See also:

• COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

Colony, the See also:

• TRANSVAAL

Transvaal and the See also:

• ORANGE
• ORANGE (Citrus Aurantium)
• ORANGE, HOUSE OF

Orange See also:

• FREE

Free See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

State it now only exists within the enclosures of the large farms, and can hardly be said to be any longer truly See also:

• WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild . Both sexes carry lyrate horns; the See also:

• SHOULDER (in O.E. sculder, cognate with Ger. Schulter, Dutch schouder, Swed. skuldra, &c; the root is unknown)

shoulder-height of an adult male is about 30 in., and an See also:

• AVERAGE

average pair of horns See also:

• MEASURES

measures 14 in. along the See also:

• CURVE (Lat. curvus, bent)

curve; in the See also:

• FEMALE

female the horns are more slender . The See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour above is reddish fawn, separated from the See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white of the under-parts by a dark See also:

• BAND

band on the flanks . Along the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle of the hinder See also:

• HALF

half of the back is a See also:

• LINE

line of See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long erectile white hairs, forming the " See also:

• FAN (Lat. vannus; Fr. eventail)

fan," continued See also:

• CLOWN (derived by Fuller, in his Worthies, from Lat. colones, a husbandman; but apparently connected with " clod " and with similar forms in Teutonic and Scandinavian languages)

clown over the rump; in repose this is concealed by the surrounding See also:

• HAIR (a word common to Teutonic languages)

hair, but is conspicuously displayed when the See also:

• ANIMAL
• ANIMAL (Lat. animalis, from anima, breath, soul)

animal takes the See also:

• GREAT

great leaps from which it derives its popular name . The periodical migrations of See also:

• SPRINGBUCK, or SPRINGBOK (Antidorcas euchore)

springbuck are well known, and though the treks are small compared with those of about 185o, they still include very large herds . In 1896 there was a great trek, and about then in the north of Cape Colony a See also:

• HERD (a word common to Teutonic languages; the O. Eng. form was heord; cf. Ger. Herde, Swed. and Dan. hjord; the Sans. ca'rdhas, which shows the pre-Teutonic form, means a troop)

herd was seen which was estimated at 5oo,000 See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head .