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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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