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Page 89
On many moonlit nights , when sitting in an uncomfortable position physical
endurance had reached its limit , and when sitting where it would have been
easy for the leopard to have got at me I had no longer been able to keep my eyes
open .
On many moonlit nights , when sitting in an uncomfortable position physical
endurance had reached its limit , and when sitting where it would have been
easy for the leopard to have got at me I had no longer been able to keep my eyes
open .
Page 93
On the second night on which I was sitting up over the first cow , the leopard
came , but just as I was raising my rifle and preparing to switch on the torch I had
provided myself with , a woman in the house adjoining the one I was sitting in ...
On the second night on which I was sitting up over the first cow , the leopard
came , but just as I was raising my rifle and preparing to switch on the torch I had
provided myself with , a woman in the house adjoining the one I was sitting in ...
Page 128
The thoughts of a sportsman , whether they be pessimistic or whether they be
optimistic , sitting waiting for an animal , cannot in any conceivable way influence
the actions of the animal he is endeavouring to shoot or , maybe , to photograph .
The thoughts of a sportsman , whether they be pessimistic or whether they be
optimistic , sitting waiting for an animal , cannot in any conceivable way influence
the actions of the animal he is endeavouring to shoot or , maybe , to photograph .
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Man-eating Leopard of Rudraprayag |
| Author | Jim Corbett |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1964 |
| Length | 191 pages |
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