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Page 48
... arrived ; and while I sat in torrential rain with the icy - cold wind whistling through my wet clothes , he lay dry and snug in the straw below . The storm was one of the worst I have ever experienced , and while it was at its height ...
... arrived ; and while I sat in torrential rain with the icy - cold wind whistling through my wet clothes , he lay dry and snug in the straw below . The storm was one of the worst I have ever experienced , and while it was at its height ...
Page 83
... arrived while we were having lunch , and in the early evening we took it down to the glade and , after setting it , poisoned the kill with cyanide . I had no experi- ence of poisons , nor had Ibbotson , but in a conversation . with a ...
... arrived while we were having lunch , and in the early evening we took it down to the glade and , after setting it , poisoned the kill with cyanide . I had no experi- ence of poisons , nor had Ibbotson , but in a conversation . with a ...
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... arrived , and I set off for the Inspection Bungalow , examining the road as I went for pug marks , and leaving the men to follow with my rug and rifle . During the following nine days my programme did not vary . Leaving the bungalow ...
... arrived , and I set off for the Inspection Bungalow , examining the road as I went for pug marks , and leaving the men to follow with my rug and rifle . During the following nine days my programme did not vary . Leaving the bungalow ...
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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