Man-eaters of Kumaon |
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Page 32
... turned her head and looked straight into my face . Next second , with a cry of " Ware man , " they dashed away at top speed . I had only about five yards to cover to reach the open ground , but quick as I was the leopard was quicker ...
... turned her head and looked straight into my face . Next second , with a cry of " Ware man , " they dashed away at top speed . I had only about five yards to cover to reach the open ground , but quick as I was the leopard was quicker ...
Page 70
... turned to the left until he was facing in my direction . This showed that whatever he was frightened of - and I could see he was frightened — was in the recess below me . Pres- ently the head of a tiger appeared directly under me . A ...
... turned to the left until he was facing in my direction . This showed that whatever he was frightened of - and I could see he was frightened — was in the recess below me . Pres- ently the head of a tiger appeared directly under me . A ...
Page 90
... turned and entered the grass which was here about two feet high . On the far side of the grass there was a patch of clerodendron , about forty yards wide . This plant grows in dense patches to a height of five feet , and has widely ...
... turned and entered the grass which was here about two feet high . On the far side of the grass there was a patch of clerodendron , about forty yards wide . This plant grows in dense patches to a height of five feet , and has widely ...
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Almora animal approached arrived blood trail buffalo bullet bungalow bushes camp carried cattle Champawat chital Chuka climbed cooee crossed Dalkania dead dense distance face feet fifty yards fired followed foot Garhwal ghooral girl goats going gone grass head Headman heard hill hillside hind hour human hundred yards Ibbotson John Steinbeck jungle kakar Kala Agar kill Kosi River Kumaon Ladhya langur later leaving ledge legs leopard looking lying machan mahseer miles minutes morning move Naini Naini Tal night occasion open ground party path peafowl pool pug marks ravine returned ridge rifle Robin rock rope sambur saplings scrub seen shoot shot shouting side sight sitting skin slope sound spot stalk started steep story stream Tahsildar Tanakpur Thak thirty yards tigress told track tree turned undergrowth valley victim village walk woman wounded