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Page 43
I made an early start next morning , and near the gate of the bungalow I picked up the tracks of a big male leopard . These tracks I followed back to a densely wooded ravine which crossed the path close to where the goat was lying .
I made an early start next morning , and near the gate of the bungalow I picked up the tracks of a big male leopard . These tracks I followed back to a densely wooded ravine which crossed the path close to where the goat was lying .
Page 87
As I reached this open ground I felt I was being followed , and , determined to exploit the situation , I left the track and , taking two long steps over soft and spongy ground , lay down behind the rock , with only one eye showing in ...
As I reached this open ground I felt I was being followed , and , determined to exploit the situation , I left the track and , taking two long steps over soft and spongy ground , lay down behind the rock , with only one eye showing in ...
Page 136
After breakfast I took up the tracks at the gate and followed them to the packman's camp . From a bend in the road , a hundred yards from the camp , the leopard had caught sight of the goats that had strayed from the enclosure ...
After breakfast I took up the tracks at the gate and followed them to the packman's camp . From a bend in the road , a hundred yards from the camp , the leopard had caught sight of the goats that had strayed from the enclosure ...
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| Title | The Man-eating Leopard of Rudraprayag |
| Author | Jim Corbett |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1964 |
| Length | 191 pages |
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