The Man-eating Leopard of Rudraprayag |
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Page 43
... goat , and at 3 p.m. took up my position in the branches of a small tree about fifty yards from the kill . During the three hours I sat in the tree I had no indications , from either animals or birds , that the leopard was anywhere in ...
... goat , and at 3 p.m. took up my position in the branches of a small tree about fifty yards from the kill . During the three hours I sat in the tree I had no indications , from either animals or birds , that the leopard was anywhere in ...
Page 103
... goat - the leopard having killed all the goats that I had purchased from time to time . From the village , a rough goat track ran straight up the hill to the edge of the broken ground ... goat shook his head , and backed DEATH OF A GOAT 103.
... goat - the leopard having killed all the goats that I had purchased from time to time . From the village , a rough goat track ran straight up the hill to the edge of the broken ground ... goat shook his head , and backed DEATH OF A GOAT 103.
Page 105
... goat , however , had ideas of its own , and no sooner had the man removed the rope from its neck , than it turned and ran up the track . It was too good a calling goat to abandon - it had attracted the leopard once , and might do so ...
... goat , however , had ideas of its own , and no sooner had the man removed the rope from its neck , than it turned and ran up the track . It was too good a calling goat to abandon - it had attracted the leopard once , and might do so ...
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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