The Man-eating Leopard of Rudraprayag |
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Page 74
Here , when the girl was dead , or possibly when the man called out in alarm , the
leopard had picked her up and , holding her high , so that no mark of hand or foot
showed on the soft newly ploughed ground , had carried her across one field ...
Here , when the girl was dead , or possibly when the man called out in alarm , the
leopard had picked her up and , holding her high , so that no mark of hand or foot
showed on the soft newly ploughed ground , had carried her across one field ...
Page 94
Presently one of the men got to his feet , and as he pointed down excitedly into
the foaming white water at the foot of the fall , two of his companions manning the
long pole held the triangular net close to the fall . A large shoal of mahseer fish ...
Presently one of the men got to his feet , and as he pointed down excitedly into
the foaming white water at the foot of the fall , two of his companions manning the
long pole held the triangular net close to the fall . A large shoal of mahseer fish ...
Page 188
One old bullet - wound in pad of left hind foot , and part of one toe and one claw
missing from same foot . Several deep and partly healed cuts on head . One
deep and partly healed cut on right hind leg . Several partly healed cuts on tail .
One old bullet - wound in pad of left hind foot , and part of one toe and one claw
missing from same foot . Several deep and partly healed cuts on head . One
deep and partly healed cut on right hind leg . Several partly healed cuts on tail .
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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 fifty 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
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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