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Page 67
This light was a heavy and cumbersome affair , and as Ibbotson insisted on my taking the 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 ...
This light was a heavy and cumbersome affair , and as Ibbotson insisted on my taking the 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 ...
Page 122
... I would keep a general look - out all over the hill , and if we saw the leopard , I would risk taking a shot , even if the shot had to be taken at the extreme range to which my rifle was sighted , which was three hundred yards .
... I would keep a general look - out all over the hill , and if we saw the leopard , I would risk taking a shot , even if the shot had to be taken at the extreme range to which my rifle was sighted , which was three hundred yards .
Page 191
I was a small boy when you shot the man - eater , and as our village is far from Rudraprayag 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 ...
I was a small boy when you shot the man - eater , and as our village is far from Rudraprayag 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 ...
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| Title | The Man-eating Leopard of Rudraprayag |
| Author | Jim Corbett |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1964 |
| Length | 191 pages |
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