The Man-eating Leopard of Rudraprayag |
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Page 37
... distance , maybe only two or three miles , or in the case of man - eaters , maybe to a distance of ten or more miles . So it is quite possible that , while the hill was being beaten , the man - eater was peace- fully slumbering ten ...
... distance , maybe only two or three miles , or in the case of man - eaters , maybe to a distance of ten or more miles . So it is quite possible that , while the hill was being beaten , the man - eater was peace- fully slumbering ten ...
Page 121
... distance — we put the gin - trap in it , and when the powerful springs that closed the jaws had been depressed , and the plate that con- stituted the trigger adjusted as delicately as we dared set it , we covered the whole trap with a ...
... distance — we put the gin - trap in it , and when the powerful springs that closed the jaws had been depressed , and the plate that con- stituted the trigger adjusted as delicately as we dared set it , we covered the whole trap with a ...
Page 172
... distance between the imprints of the fore and the hind feet it is possible to determine the speed at which an animal of the cat tribe was travelling . The coming of daylight would in this instance have been sufficient reason for the man ...
... distance between the imprints of the fore and the hind feet it is possible to determine the speed at which an animal of the cat tribe was travelling . The coming of daylight would in this instance have been sufficient reason for the man ...
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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