Sentences with word «veldt»

In 1879, Reverend Charles Helm of the Cape Colony had two ridge - back African veldt dogs on a journey to Rhodesia (Zimbabwe).

This is almost exactly equal to the number of Afrikaners spread all over the country but concentrated in the Orange Free State and the Transvaal, the high veldt of the northeast, the center for mining, finance, and government administration.

Johannesburg itself is an African Denver, six thousand feet above the sea on the high veldt, straddling the Reef or Rand, a deep rock backbone veined with gold.

Boer dogs are believed to be a combination of the native African Khoikhoi hunting dogs, African veldt dogs, and the domestic Great Danes, Greyhounds, Bloodhounds and terrier dog breeds brought to Africa by the Dutch pioneers.

A stretch of low veldt shimmered under clear skies.

Vusi pointed past the blanket and lantern that lay on the sand to a narrow pathway that disappeared into the lush veldt.

For the production of man a different apprenticeship [from forests] was needed to sharpen the wits and quicken the higher manifestations of intellect - a more open veldt country where competition was keener between swiftness and stealth, and where adroitness of thinking played a preponderating role in the preservation of the species.

Taking place in the sweltering African veldt, Ubisoft's newest will allow gamers to tackle missions their own way.

THIS FALL, American field trials and bird shoots are beginning to have a bit of the flavor of the African veldt and India's plains, but salted with the spirit of the Far West.

The cause of this vexation in the veldt is a Kansan named Roy Weatherby, a tall and friendly pink - cheeked man who was selling automobile insurance in California a few years ago, but now makes hunting rifles.

Basset plays the Queen Mother, and she wears a series of crowns or hats, that look like upside down baskets carrying rutabagas through the African veldt.

Basset plays the Queen Mother and wears a series of crowns, or hats, that look like upside down baskets that carry rutabagas through the African veldt.

Tannie Maria's authentic recipes, for which Andrew credits many sources, are easy to make far from the veldt.

This breed was developed to meet the wide - ranging needs of a hunting dog in the African veldt.

And if even that is too much luxury, then head into the veldt and camp in the bush for the ultimate bush experience, sleeping amongst the kudu, zebra and buzzing night critters.

Where many artists have approached this nexus in a reductive way — think of Ed Ruscha or Christopher Wool — Hanson has thrown himself headlong into a veldt of words, color and form, opting for vibrancy and a daunting visual complexity.

Unless stranded on the African veldt or the jungles of India with the barest of supplies, -LSB-...]