The Man-eating Leopard of Rudraprayag |
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... shot , I attached it to my rifle with some little difficulty . An hour after dark a succession of angry roars apprised us of the fact that the leopard was in the trap . Switching on the electric light , I saw the leopard rearing up with ...
... shot , I attached it to my rifle with some little difficulty . An hour after dark a succession of angry roars apprised us of the fact that the leopard was in the trap . Switching on the electric light , I saw the leopard rearing up with ...
Page 122
... shot , even if the shot had to be taken at the extreme range to which my rifle was sighted , which was three hundred yards . While Ibbotson dozed , I smoked and watched the shadows cast by the hills in the west slowly creep up the hill ...
... shot , even if the shot had to be taken at the extreme range to which my rifle was sighted , which was three hundred yards . While Ibbotson dozed , I smoked and watched the shadows cast by the hills in the west slowly creep up the hill ...
Page 191
... shot the man - eater , and as our village is far from Rudra- prayag I was not able to walk there , and my father not being strong was unable to carry me , so I had to stay at home . When my father returned he told me he had seen the man ...
... shot the man - eater , and as our village is far from Rudra- prayag I was not able to walk there , and my father not being strong was unable to carry me , so I had to stay at home . When my father returned he told me he had seen the man ...
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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