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As I reached this open ground I felt I was being followed , and , determined to
exploit the situation , I left the track and , taking two long steps over soft and
spongy ground , lay down behind the rock , with only one eye showing in the
direction of ...
As I reached this open ground I felt I was being followed , and , determined to
exploit the situation , I left the track and , taking two long steps over soft and
spongy ground , lay down behind the rock , with only one eye showing in the
direction of ...
Page 116
The people in the village had heard the woman ' s screams as she was being
dragged along the ground and as she was struggling for her life with the leopard ,
but had been too frightened to render any help . When the woman was dead , the
...
The people in the village had heard the woman ' s screams as she was being
dragged along the ground and as she was struggling for her life with the leopard ,
but had been too frightened to render any help . When the woman was dead , the
...
Page 117
thing to do was to reconnoitre the ground . I had already noted while at the village
that the hill went steeply up from the ravine to a height of four to five thousand feet
; that about two thousand feet of the top of the hill was clothed with dense oak ...
thing to do was to reconnoitre the ground . I had already noted while at the village
that the hill went steeply up from the ravine to a height of four to five thousand feet
; that about two thousand feet of the top of the hill was clothed with dense oak ...
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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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