sassaby

[386-2] The sassaby is a large African antelope, resembling the hartbeest, but having regularly curved horns.

Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 6 Charles Herbert Sylvester

I had just cooked my breakfast, and commenced to feed, when I heard my men exclaim, "Almagtig keek de ghroote clomp cameel;" and, raising my eyes from the sassaby [386-2] stew, I beheld a truly beautiful and very unusual scene.

Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 6 Charles Herbert Sylvester

On, swifter than a sassaby and surer-footed than a fox; now the worst of the road was passed, and a long, smooth slope, almost free from stones, led them to the grassy plain beneath.

Swallow: a tale of the great trek Henry Rider Haggard 1890

There were all sorts of them, springbucks in myriads, blesbok and quagga and wildebeeste in thousands, sable antelope, sassaby and hartebeeste in herds, eland, giraffe and koodoo in troops; while the forests were full of elephant and the streams of sea-cow.

Swallow: a tale of the great trek Henry Rider Haggard 1890

At length, pushing on ahead, we saw before us a small antelope called a sassaby.

My First Voyage to Southern Seas William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

Swinton put aside the skin of the sassaby that he was cleaning, and walked with them to where the men were assembled, and was not a little surprised when he saw the skins and jaws of the lion and lioness.

The Mission Frederick Marryat 1820

"We have a grand supper to-night," said Alexander; "what shall I help you to -- harte-beest, sassaby, or rhinoceros?"

The Mission Frederick Marryat 1820

"We have a grand supper to-night," said Alexander; "what shall I help you to -- harte-beest, sassaby, or rhinoceros?"

The Mission; or Scenes in Africa Frederick Marryat 1820

Swinton put aside the skin of the sassaby that he was cleaning, and walked with them to where the men were assembled, and was not a little surprised when he saw the skins and jaws of the lion and lioness.

The Mission; or Scenes in Africa Frederick Marryat 1820