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Page 73
This bridge had not been closed the night we shot the leopard , with the result
that the man - eater had got across the river and secured a kill at the first village
he visited . A guide was waiting for us at the bridge , and he took us up a very
steep ...
This bridge had not been closed the night we shot the leopard , with the result
that the man - eater had got across the river and secured a kill at the first village
he visited . A guide was waiting for us at the bridge , and he took us up a very
steep ...
Page 120
The kill was lying about five feet from the near or ravine end of the flat strip of
ground , which was four feet wide and about twenty feet long . The upper side of
this strip of ground was protected by a high bank , and the lower side by a steep
drop ...
The kill was lying about five feet from the near or ravine end of the flat strip of
ground , which was four feet wide and about twenty feet long . The upper side of
this strip of ground was protected by a high bank , and the lower side by a steep
drop ...
Page 156
In a report to the Council Mukandi Lal stated that seventy - five human beings
had been killed by the leopard in the course of that one ... Accompanied by one
of the villagers to show me the way , and by Madho Singh , I went down to the kill
.
In a report to the Council Mukandi Lal stated that seventy - five human beings
had been killed by the leopard in the course of that one ... Accompanied by one
of the villagers to show me the way , and by Madho Singh , I went down to the kill
.
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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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