RIETBUCK, properly (d) Rietbok (pronounced reet-buck), reed buck (Cervicapra arundinum). Height, 3 feet 6 inches; gross weight, 140 pounds; horns, male only, up to 16 inches.
SABLE ANTELOPE (Hippotragus niger; Dutch, zwaart witpens). Habitat, bushveld. Height, 4 feet 6 inches; weight, 350 pounds; horns, up to 48 inches on curve.
SAKUBONA (n), Zulu equivalent of ‘Good-day.’
SALTED HORSE, one which has had horse-sickness, and is thus considered immune (as in small-pox); hence ‘salted’ is freely used colloquially as meaning acclimatised, tough, hardened, etc.
SCHANS (pronounced skaans) (d), a stone or earth breastwork for defence, very common in old native wars.
SCHELM (d), a rascal; like Scotch skellum.
SCHERM (pronounced skarem) a protection of bush or trees, usually against wild animals.
SJAMBOK (pronounced in English shambok, in Dutch saam-bok) (d), tapering raw-hide whip made from rhinoceros, hippopotamus, or giraffe skin.
SKEY (pronounced skay), a yokeskey; short for Dutch jukskei.
SLOOT (d), a ditch.