CHAKA, properly Tshaka (n), the first of the great Zulu kings and founder of the Zulu military power.
DASSIE (pronounced daas-ey) (d), rock-rabbit; coney (Procavia (Hyrax) capensis) (literally. little badger).
DINGAAN, properly Dingan (e) (n), the second of the great Zulu kings; brother, murderer, and successor of Chaka.
DISSELBOOM (d), the pole of a vehicle.
DONGA (n), a gully or dry watercourse with steep banks.
DOUGH-BOYS, scones; frequently unleavened dough baked in coals; also ash-cakes, roaster cookies, stick-in-the-gizzards, veld-bricks, etc.
DRIFT (d), a ford.
DUIKER (pronounced in English dyker, in Dutch dayker) (d), a small antelope found throughout Africa (Cephalophus grimmi). Gross weight, 30 to 40 pounds; height, 28 inches; horns, 5.5 inches. (literally diver, so called from its habit of disappearing and re-appearing in low scrub in a succession of bounds when it first starts running).
GO’WAY BIRD, the grey plantain eater (Schizorbis concolor).
HARTEBEESTE (pronounced haar-te-beast) (d), a large antelope, of which there are several varieties, varying in gross weight from 300 to 500 pounds; height, 48 inches; horns, 24 inches.