The Man-eating Leopard of Rudraprayag |
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Page 83
... gin - trap that had been sent off from Rudraprayag the previous day arrived while we were having lunch , and in the early evening we took it down to the glade and , after setting it , poisoned the kill with cyanide . I had no experi ...
... gin - trap that had been sent off from Rudraprayag the previous day arrived while we were having lunch , and in the early evening we took it down to the glade and , after setting it , poisoned the kill with cyanide . I had no experi ...
Page 121
... 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 layer of green leaves ...
... 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 layer of green leaves ...
Page 123
... gin - trap did not set it off , the contracting of the fishing - line due to getting wet , no matter how slight it might be , would to a certainty fire off his hair - trigger rifle . Some time later , and while it was still raining ...
... gin - trap did not set it off , the contracting of the fishing - line due to getting wet , no matter how slight it might be , would to a certainty fire off his hair - trigger rifle . Some time later , and while it was still raining ...
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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