The Man-eating Leopard of Rudraprayag |
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Page 84
... approached by a footpath which for a short distance ran over soft and boggy ground ; here I found the pug marks of the man - eater . The headman had seen me approaching across the valley and had a steaming dish of tea brewed in fresh ...
... approached by a footpath which for a short distance ran over soft and boggy ground ; here I found the pug marks of the man - eater . The headman had seen me approaching across the valley and had a steaming dish of tea brewed in fresh ...
Page 125
... approached the kill from the side where we had firmly planted the thornbushes . Three of these bushes he had pulled up , making a sufficiently wide gap to go through , and then , getting hold of the kill , he had drawn it a foot or so ...
... approached the kill from the side where we had firmly planted the thornbushes . Three of these bushes he had pulled up , making a sufficiently wide gap to go through , and then , getting hold of the kill , he had drawn it a foot or so ...
Page 163
... approached the steps used by the widow and her children , and as the boy started to mount the steps he saw an animal , which he mistook for a dog , lying in an open room on the ground floor adjoining the steps ; he said nothing about ...
... approached the steps used by the widow and her children , and as the boy started to mount the steps he saw an animal , which he mistook for a dog , lying in an open room on the ground floor adjoining the steps ; he said nothing about ...
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able Alaknanda animal appeared approached arrived asked bank blood body bridge bungalow called carried climb close crossed dark dead decided direction distance dogs door early eaten fear feet field fire fish five followed foot four Garhwal give goat gone grass ground half hand head heard hill hope human hundred yards Ibbotson jungle kill later leaving leopard light lived look lying man-eater miles minutes morning mountain never night object passed path pilgrims poison position possible pug marks ravine reached returned rifle river road rock Rudraprayag seen shelter shoot short shot showed side sight sitting sleep sound started steps taken tell tiger told took track trap tree turned village waiting walk watched wide woman