The Man-eating Leopard of Rudraprayag |
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Page 83
... poisons had hitherto been tried , and he then recommended my using cyanide , which was the best poison for the cat family . I had passed this information on to Ibbotson , and a few days previously a supply had arrived , with capsules ...
... poisons had hitherto been tried , and he then recommended my using cyanide , which was the best poison for the cat family . I had passed this information on to Ibbotson , and a few days previously a supply had arrived , with capsules ...
Page 112
... poisoned himself , but not having had any previous experience of the effect of cyanide , I did not know how long the poison would take to act . For ten minutes after the leopard had stopped drinking , and just as I was beginning to hope ...
... poisoned himself , but not having had any previous experience of the effect of cyanide , I did not know how long the poison would take to act . For ten minutes after the leopard had stopped drinking , and just as I was beginning to hope ...
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... poison fangs we concluded it was some variety of hoodless cobra . Cold - blooded creatures are not immune from snake poison , for I have seen a frog bitten by a cobra die in a few minutes , but I do not know if snakes of the same ...
... poison fangs we concluded it was some variety of hoodless cobra . Cold - blooded creatures are not immune from snake poison , for I have seen a frog bitten by a cobra die in a few minutes , but I do not know if snakes of the same ...
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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