The Man-eating Leopard of Rudraprayag |
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Page 83
... hope of the leopard returning to the kill this second night , and as he had seen us on the tree the previous evening we decided not to sit up , but to leave him to the gin - trap and to the poison . In a big pine - tree near the ...
... hope of the leopard returning to the kill this second night , and as he had seen us on the tree the previous evening we decided not to sit up , but to leave him to the gin - trap and to the poison . In a big pine - tree near the ...
Page 90
... hope , in the early spring of 1926 . On this my second visit to Garhwal in pursuit of the man - eater , I travelled by train to Kotdwara and went from there by foot to Pauri , thus saving eight days on the journey . At Pauri Ibbotson ...
... hope , in the early spring of 1926 . On this my second visit to Garhwal in pursuit of the man - eater , I travelled by train to Kotdwara and went from there by foot to Pauri , thus saving eight days on the journey . At Pauri Ibbotson ...
Page 112
... hope that he had died at the spring , I heard him going up the hill on the far side of the ravine , all sound ceasing when he regained the path which carried on round the shoulder of the hill . At no time , either when the leopard was ...
... hope that he had died at the spring , I heard him going up the hill on the far side of the ravine , all sound ceasing when he regained the path which carried on round the shoulder of the hill . At no time , either when the leopard was ...
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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