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Page 94
No fish were leaping the fall as they had been doing the previous day , and the
men on the far side of the river were sitting in a group round a small fire smoking
a hookah which was passing from hand to hand . They watched me with interest
...
No fish were leaping the fall as they had been doing the previous day , and the
men on the far side of the river were sitting in a group round a small fire smoking
a hookah which was passing from hand to hand . They watched me with interest
...
Page 123
First you think a few drops of rain are going to spring the trap and fire off my rifle ,
and now you think because the leopard is not making a noise that it has got out of
the trap . ' That was just what I was thinking , and fearing , for on that other ...
First you think a few drops of rain are going to spring the trap and fire off my rifle ,
and now you think because the leopard is not making a noise that it has got out of
the trap . ' That was just what I was thinking , and fearing , for on that other ...
Page 124
At the first streak of dawn a fire was built near the mango - tree and water heated ,
and after we had drunk several cups of tea and warmed ourselves at the fire , we
set off for the kill , accompanied by the patwari and several of Ibbotson ' s and ...
At the first streak of dawn a fire was built near the mango - tree and water heated ,
and after we had drunk several cups of tea and warmed ourselves at the fire , we
set off for the kill , accompanied by the patwari and several of Ibbotson ' s and ...
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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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