The Man-eating Leopard of Rudraprayag |
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What reason they had for thinking that the leopard crossed from bank to bank of the Alaknanda river by the Rudraprayag suspension bridge I do not know ; anyway they decided to confine their efforts to this bridge and shoot the leopard ...
What reason they had for thinking that the leopard crossed from bank to bank of the Alaknanda river by the Rudraprayag suspension bridge I do not know ; anyway they decided to confine their efforts to this bridge and shoot the leopard ...
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His answer , given as he ran a speculative eye over me , that the bridge was never tested or repaired but was ... This jhula being beyond the powers of the man - eater to cross , there remained the two suspension bridges , and I felt ...
His answer , given as he ran a speculative eye over me , that the bridge was never tested or repaired but was ... This jhula being beyond the powers of the man - eater to cross , there remained the two suspension bridges , and I felt ...
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I discounted the possibility of the leopard having crossed the Chatwapipal bridge , for no matter how great the shock he had received by the discharge of my heavy rifle a few feet from his head , it was not possible that he would have ...
I discounted the possibility of the leopard having crossed the Chatwapipal bridge , for no matter how great the shock he had received by the discharge of my heavy rifle a few feet from his head , it was not possible that he would have ...
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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 getting 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
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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