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to transact business, or to outlying villages to visit relatives or friends ; women
went up the mountain-sides to cut grass for thatching or for cattle-fodder ; children
went to school or into the jungles to graze goats or to collect dry sticks, and, if it ...
to transact business, or to outlying villages to visit relatives or friends ; women
went up the mountain-sides to cut grass for thatching or for cattle-fodder ; children
went to school or into the jungles to graze goats or to collect dry sticks, and, if it ...
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Keeping now to the edge of the grass and scrub jungle I went round the shoulder
of the hill, and found in front of me a wide depression, extending for half a mile
down to the pilgrim road, and evidently caused in the days of long ago by a ...
Keeping now to the edge of the grass and scrub jungle I went round the shoulder
of the hill, and found in front of me a wide depression, extending for half a mile
down to the pilgrim road, and evidently caused in the days of long ago by a ...
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Moving only when the deer was cropping the grass, and remaining still each time
she raised her head, I crept up to the shelter of the rock. The hind was quite
obviously a sentinel, and from the way she looked to her right each time she
raised ...
Moving only when the deer was cropping the grass, and remaining still each time
she raised her head, I crept up to the shelter of the rock. The hind was quite
obviously a sentinel, and from the way she looked to her right each time she
raised ...
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User Review - CeiliOkeefe - LibraryThingA classic tale from the northern edge of India set in 1925 and told with poetic simplicity by a very brave, humane and observant man. I first read this book as a teenager and have reread it many times ... Read full review
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User Review - Stbalbach - LibraryThingJim Corbett's second book, following his classic Man Eaters of Kummaon. In the first book, each chapter is a self-contained unit, concerning 1 tiger and Corbett's story how he hunted and killed it ... Read full review
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Alaknanda Alaknanda river animal Badrinath barking bazaar Bhainswara 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 killing the leopard lantern later leaving left bank leopard of Rudraprayag light lying machan mahseer man-eating leopard Mandakini river mango-tree meal minutes morning mountain Naini 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 suspension bridge telescopic sight thornbushes tiger told took track trap tree veranda village walk watched woman
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Man-eating Leopard of Rudraprayag |
| Authors | Jim Corbett, Raymond Sheppard |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1964 |
| Length | 191 pages |
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