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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Alaknanda Alaknanda river animal Badrinath barking BARSIL bazaar Bhainswara BHATGAON bridge bushes called carnivora carried climb crossed cyanide dark depression distance dogs door eaten eater evil spirit feet fifty yards fish followed foot footpath Garhwal gin-trap glade goat Golabrai grass ground GWAR head hill hillside hind human kills hundred yards Inspection Bungalow kakar Kedarnath kill the leopard lantern later left bank leopard of Rudraprayag light lying machan mahseer man-eating leopard Mandakini river mango-tree meal minutes morning mountain Naini Naini Tal path patwari Pauri petromax pilgrim road pilgrim shelter platform poison possible prayag previous night pug marks pundit ravine rifle river rock Rudra sadhu sahib scrub jungle seen shoot shot side sight sitting sleep square miles steep steps telescopic sight thornbushes tiger told took track trap tree veranda village walk watched woman