The butt of his piece came back on his chest and floored him, and the half-pound of gravel charge went into the forehead of the reit-vark, which dropped with a final groan, whose clear import was-"no earthly use in struggling after that!"
"The Settler and the Savage"
R.M. Ballantyne
They have a strong laager at Jacobsdal on the reit, and have pushed west and south of that, where, from the kopjes about Zoutspan and Ramdam, they threaten our lines of communication.
"With Rimington"
L. March Phillipps
The reit river, flowing almost south and north for some distance parallel to the railway, though a good way east of it, is a strengthening feature for them in that part of the field, and taking advantage of it, they have brought their left well round.
"With Rimington"
L. March Phillipps