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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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 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