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Page 45
The body lay in the ravine at one end of a narrow terraced field , at the other end
of which , forty yards away , was a leafless and stunted walnut - tree in whose
branches a hayrick had been built , four feet from the ground and six feet tall .
The body lay in the ravine at one end of a narrow terraced field , at the other end
of which , forty yards away , was a leafless and stunted walnut - tree in whose
branches a hayrick had been built , four feet from the ground and six feet tall .
Page 48
the first big drops of a deluge began to fall , I heard a stone roll into the ravine ,
and a minute later the loose straw on the ground below me was being scratched
up . The leopard had arrived ; and while I sat in torrential rain with the icy - cold ...
the first big drops of a deluge began to fall , I heard a stone roll into the ravine ,
and a minute later the loose straw on the ground below me was being scratched
up . The leopard had arrived ; and while I sat in torrential rain with the icy - cold ...
Page 156
The cow had been killed in a deep ravine a quarter of a mile from the road and a
hundred yards from the river . On one side of the ravine there were big rocks with
dense brushwood between , and on the other side of the ravine there were a ...
The cow had been killed in a deep ravine a quarter of a mile from the road and a
hundred yards from the river . On one side of the ravine there were big rocks with
dense brushwood between , and on the other side of the ravine there were a ...
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| Title | The Man-eating Leopard of Rudraprayag |
| Author | Jim Corbett |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1964 |
| Length | 191 pages |
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