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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
wind ...
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
wind ...
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 few
...
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 few
...
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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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