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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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