The Man-eating Leopard of Rudraprayag |
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Page 65
... started to crawl under the platform I was sitting on . Immediately below me , and with only the thickness of a plank between my seat and his head , he paused for a long minute and then started to crawl forward ; and just as I was ...
... started to crawl under the platform I was sitting on . Immediately below me , and with only the thickness of a plank between my seat and his head , he paused for a long minute and then started to crawl forward ; and just as I was ...
Page 119
... started to zigzag very slowly across it , gaining a few feet in height at each turn . There was as yet no need for ... started to give their clear and ringing alarm call , which can in the hills be heard for a distance of half a mile ...
... started to zigzag very slowly across it , gaining a few feet in height at each turn . There was as yet no need for ... started to give their clear and ringing alarm call , which can in the hills be heard for a distance of half a mile ...
Page 163
... started to mount the steps he saw an animal , which he mistook for a dog , lying in an open room on the ground floor adjoining the steps ; he said nothing about the animal at the time , and the others apparently did not see it . The boy ...
... started to mount the steps he saw an animal , which he mistook for a dog , lying in an open room on the ground floor adjoining the steps ; he said nothing about the animal at the time , and the others apparently did not see it . The boy ...
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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
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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