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the spot , and if the body of the victim has not been found before his arrival he
organizes a search party , and with their aid endeavours to find the victim . If the
body has been found before his arrival , or if the search party find it , the patwari ...
the spot , and if the body of the victim has not been found before his arrival he
organizes a search party , and with their aid endeavours to find the victim . If the
body has been found before his arrival , or if the search party find it , the patwari ...
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The body lay in the ravine at one end of a narrow terraced field , at the other end
of which , forty yards away , was a leafless and stunted walnut - tree in whose
branches a hayrick had been built , four feet from the ground and six feet tall .
The body lay in the ravine at one end of a narrow terraced field , at the other end
of which , forty yards away , was a leafless and stunted walnut - tree in whose
branches a hayrick had been built , four feet from the ground and six feet tall .
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Having done this he had started to eat , avoiding while doing so contact with the
fishing - line that was tied round the woman ' s body . We had not thought it
necessary to poison either the head or the neck . These he had eaten first , and
then ...
Having done this he had started to eat , avoiding while doing so contact with the
fishing - line that was tied round the woman ' s body . We had not thought it
necessary to poison either the head or the neck . These he had eaten first , and
then ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Man-eating Leopard of Rudraprayag |
| Author | Jim Corbett |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1964 |
| Length | 191 pages |
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