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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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 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