The Man-eating Leopard of Rudraprayag |
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Page 31
... look down on it , is rugged and rough , and is cut up by innumerable deep ravines and rock cliffs . In this area there are only two roads , one starting from Rudraprayag and going up to Kedarnath , and the other the main pilgrim road to ...
... look down on it , is rugged and rough , and is cut up by innumerable deep ravines and rock cliffs . In this area there are only two roads , one starting from Rudraprayag and going up to Kedarnath , and the other the main pilgrim road to ...
Page 121
... look over our handiwork — which appeared to us very good - it struck us that if the leopard was to wander round and approach the kill from our side , and not from the side we expected him to come , he might avoid both the guns and the ...
... look over our handiwork — which appeared to us very good - it struck us that if the leopard was to wander round and approach the kill from our side , and not from the side we expected him to come , he might avoid both the guns and the ...
Page 159
... look back on that night , I look back on it as my night of terror . I have been frightened times without number , but never have I been frightened as I was that night when the unexpected rain came down and robbed me of all my defences ...
... look back on that night , I look back on it as my night of terror . I have been frightened times without number , but never have I been frightened as I was that night when the unexpected rain came down and robbed me of all my defences ...
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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
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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