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Page 83
... machan , which we padded with hay and on which we took up our position after we had eaten the dinner which Ibbotson cooked on the blue - flame stove . Here on the comfortable machan we were able to lie at full stretch and talk and smoke ...
... machan , which we padded with hay and on which we took up our position after we had eaten the dinner which Ibbotson cooked on the blue - flame stove . Here on the comfortable machan we were able to lie at full stretch and talk and smoke ...
Page 122
... machan , which was long enough for us to lie at length and wide enough for us to lie side by side . The distance from the machan to the kill across the ravine was two hundred yards , and the kill was on a higher level than the machan by ...
... machan , which was long enough for us to lie at length and wide enough for us to lie side by side . The distance from the machan to the kill across the ravine was two hundred yards , and the kill was on a higher level than the machan by ...
Page 179
... machan , and he now tried to dissuade me from sitting all night in the tree when I could sleep comfortably in bed . Neverthe- less , I assured him I would sit all that night in the tree , and for nine nights thereafter , for if I was ...
... machan , and he now tried to dissuade me from sitting all night in the tree when I could sleep comfortably in bed . Neverthe- less , I assured him I would sit all that night in the tree , and for nine nights thereafter , for if I 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