The Man-eating Leopard of Rudraprayag |
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Page 51
... shoot one particular leopard out of possibly fifty that in- habited it , and the more I saw of the grand and ... shooting the leopard which otherwise I might not have got for many months . As I had been toiling uphill behind my guide the ...
... shoot one particular leopard out of possibly fifty that in- habited it , and the more I saw of the grand and ... shooting the leopard which otherwise I might not have got for many months . As I had been toiling uphill behind my guide the ...
Page 75
... shooting light was not functioning possibly because the battery had faded out - our plan was to sit up as long as Ibbotson could see to shoot and then , with the help of the petrol - lamp , get back to the village where we hoped to find ...
... shooting light was not functioning possibly because the battery had faded out - our plan was to sit up as long as Ibbotson could see to shoot and then , with the help of the petrol - lamp , get back to the village where we hoped to find ...
Page 76
... shoot by even without the aid of the telescopic sight , when a pine - cone dislodged from behind some low bushes thirty yards above us came rolling down the hill and struck the tree close to my feet . The leopard had arrived and ...
... shoot by even without the aid of the telescopic sight , when a pine - cone dislodged from behind some low bushes thirty yards above us came rolling down the hill and struck the tree close to my feet . The leopard had arrived and ...
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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