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Page 24
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
as it ...
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
as it ...
Page 40
His answer , given as he ran a speculative eye over me , that the bridge was
never tested or repaired but was replaced ... 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 replaced ... This jhula being beyond the powers
of the man - eater to cross , there remained the two suspension bridges , and I felt
...
Page 53
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 covered ...
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 covered ...
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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 fifty 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
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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