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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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