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Page 77
It was then time to take action , so I asked Ibbotson to take my place , while I
retrieved the lamp . This lamp was of German make and was called a petromax .
It gave a brilliant light but , with its long body and longer handle , was not
designed to ...
It was then time to take action , so I asked Ibbotson to take my place , while I
retrieved the lamp . This lamp was of German make and was called a petromax .
It gave a brilliant light but , with its long body and longer handle , was not
designed to ...
Page 123
five minutes of daylight left , and during that time we intently scanned — I with a
pair of eyes that few are blessed with , and Ibbotson with his field - glasses -
every foot of the considerable expanse of hill visible from our machan , without
seeing ...
five minutes of daylight left , and during that time we intently scanned — I with a
pair of eyes that few are blessed with , and Ibbotson with his field - glasses -
every foot of the considerable expanse of hill visible from our machan , without
seeing ...
Page 178
On his part Ibbotson also had a lot to tell me ; this concerned the clamour being
made in the press for the destruction of the man - eater , and the suggestion that
sportsmen from all parts of India be encouraged to go to Garhwal to assist in ...
On his part Ibbotson also had a lot to tell me ; this concerned the clamour being
made in the press for the destruction of the man - eater , and the suggestion that
sportsmen from all parts of India be encouraged to go to Garhwal to assist in ...
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| Title | The Man-eating Leopard of Rudraprayag |
| Author | Jim Corbett |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1964 |
| Length | 191 pages |
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