The Man-eating Leopard of Rudraprayag |
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Page 106
We had left the goat lying where the leopard had placed it, and when I returned at
daybreak next morning I found the pug marks of the man-eater where he had
followed us down to the village, and I found the goat untouched and lying just as
...
We had left the goat lying where the leopard had placed it, and when I returned at
daybreak next morning I found the pug marks of the man-eater where he had
followed us down to the village, and I found the goat untouched and lying just as
...
Page 117
I had reconnoitred the ground with care, for I did not want the leopard — which I
was convinced was lying up in the depression — to be aware of my presence
before it suited me. It was now necessary to find, approximately, where the
leopard ...
I had reconnoitred the ground with care, for I did not want the leopard — which I
was convinced was lying up in the depression — to be aware of my presence
before it suited me. It was now necessary to find, approximately, where the
leopard ...
Page 184
He had slid backwards into a hole in the ground, in which he was now lying
crouched up, with his chin resting on the edge of the hole. No marks by which I
could identify the dead animal 184 MAN-EATING LEOPARD OF
RUDRAPRAYAG.
He had slid backwards into a hole in the ground, in which he was now lying
crouched up, with his chin resting on the edge of the hole. No marks by which I
could identify the dead animal 184 MAN-EATING LEOPARD OF
RUDRAPRAYAG.
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User Review - CeiliOkeefe - www.librarything.comA classic tale from the northern edge of India set in 1925 and told with poetic simplicity by a very brave, humane and observant man. I first read this book as a teenager and have reread it many times ... Read full review
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User Review - Stbalbach - LibraryThingJim Corbett's second book, following his classic Man Eaters of Kummaon. In the first book, each chapter is a self-contained unit, concerning 1 tiger and Corbett's story how he hunted and killed it ... Read full review
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Man-eating Leopard of Rudraprayag |
| Authors | Jim Corbett, Raymond Sheppard |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1964 |
| Length | 191 pages |
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