The Saabs are described as having constitutions "so much enfeebled by the dissolute life they lead, and the constant smoking of dacha, that nearly all, including the young people, look old and wrinkled; nevertheless, they are remarkable for vanity, and decorate their ears, legs, and arms with beads, and iron, copper, or brass rings.
"The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies"
Robert Gordon Latham
"Isn't the whole of Europe fighting and isn't it simply disgusting of us to be sitting down here, eating and sleeping, just as though we were in a dacha in the country?
"The Dark Forest"
Hugh Walpole
Departed early, passed Segobougou, Segocoura, and Douabougou, and arrived about eight A.M. at Sego-chicoro, the residence of dacha King of the Bambarras, on Monday 11th of the moon.
"The Journal Of A Mission To The Interior Of Africa, In The Year 1805"
Mungo Park