The Man-eating Leopard of Rudraprayag |
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... rifle and covered the stone , intending to fire the moment it was again obscured ; but there is a limit to the time a heavy rifle can be held to the shoulder , and when the limit had been reached I lowered the rifle to ease my aching ...
... rifle and covered the stone , intending to fire the moment it was again obscured ; but there is a limit to the time a heavy rifle can be held to the shoulder , and when the limit had been reached I lowered the rifle to ease my aching ...
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... rifle would not be quite accurate , so while he took a pair of powerful field - glasses from their case , I loaded my 275 rifle . Our plan was that while Ibbotson concentrated on the portion of the hill along which we expected the ...
... rifle would not be quite accurate , so while he took a pair of powerful field - glasses from their case , I loaded my 275 rifle . Our plan was that while Ibbotson concentrated on the portion of the hill along which we expected the ...
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... rifle , and a little later Ibbotson returned his field - glasses to their case . One chance of killing the leopard had gone , but there were still three chances left , so we were not unduly depressed . Shortly after dark it came on to ...
... rifle , and a little later Ibbotson returned his field - glasses to their case . One chance of killing the leopard had gone , but there were still three chances left , so we were not unduly depressed . Shortly after dark it came on to ...
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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