The Man-eating Leopard of Rudraprayag |
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Page 39
... crossed over to the other bank , by swimming the river . I discounted this belief . No leopard in my opinion would under any circumstances voluntarily commit itself to the swift - flowing , ice - cold waters of the Alaknanda , and I was ...
... crossed over to the other bank , by swimming the river . I discounted this belief . No leopard in my opinion would under any circumstances voluntarily commit itself to the swift - flowing , ice - cold waters of the Alaknanda , and I was ...
Page 52
... crossed the Alaknanda my chances of killing it had improved , for I now had the electric shooting light which the runner had braved both the leopard and the storm to bring me . The first thing to do was to find out if the leopard had ...
... crossed the Alaknanda my chances of killing it had improved , for I now had the electric shooting light which the runner had braved both the leopard and the storm to bring me . The first thing to do was to find out if the leopard had ...
Page 53
... crossed the bridge and examined the Kedarnath pilgrim road for half a mile , and then the footpath on which three nights previously my goat had been killed . Satisfied that the leopard had not crossed the river , I determined to put in ...
... crossed the bridge and examined the Kedarnath pilgrim road for half a mile , and then the footpath on which three nights previously my goat had been killed . Satisfied that the leopard had not crossed the river , I determined to put in ...
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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