On the grass veld were a many herd of bucks-springbok and blesbok-while in the thick bush were koodoo and buffel-ay, an' elephant!
"Tales from the Veld"
Ernest Glanville
By some misfortune, however, she had got a glimpse o' me; for, just when I was meditating on the surest way o' makin my point guid, she took to her heels, like a springbok, and was off through the Warlocks' Glen in as short a time as I tak to gie out the first line o' a heroic Psalm verse.
"Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX"
Alexander Leighton
A migration of the springbok antelope, a "trek-boken," had swept over the spot.
"Popular Adventure Tales"
Mayne Reid