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Page 80
More buffalo wallows and more sunken rocks, but with the glimmer of light to help
us we made good progress and, finding the second lot of steps we had been
instructed to climb, we mounted them and found ourselves in a long courtyard ...
More buffalo wallows and more sunken rocks, but with the glimmer of light to help
us we made good progress and, finding the second lot of steps we had been
instructed to climb, we mounted them and found ourselves in a long courtyard ...
Page 163
A veranda four feet wide ran the entire length of the building, and short flights of
stone steps flanked with walls gave access to the veranda, each flight of steps
being used by two families. A flagged courtyard, sixty feet wide and three
hundred ...
A veranda four feet wide ran the entire length of the building, and short flights of
stone steps flanked with walls gave access to the veranda, each flight of steps
being used by two families. A flagged courtyard, sixty feet wide and three
hundred ...
Page 176
A short flight of stone steps gave access to a narrow veranda, the door of the
residential room being opposite to the landing at the top of the steps. After the
pundit and the ten guests that had been forced on him had eaten their evening
meal, ...
A short flight of stone steps gave access to a narrow veranda, the door of the
residential room being opposite to the landing at the top of the steps. After the
pundit and the ten guests that had been forced on him had eaten their evening
meal, ...
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User Review - CeiliOkeefe - www.librarything.comA classic tale from the northern edge of India set in 1925 and told with poetic simplicity by a very brave, humane and observant man. I first read this book as a teenager and have reread it many times ... Read full review
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User Review - Stbalbach - LibraryThingJim Corbett's second book, following his classic Man Eaters of Kummaon. In the first book, each chapter is a self-contained unit, concerning 1 tiger and Corbett's story how he hunted and killed it ... Read full review
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Alaknanda Alaknanda river animal Badrinath barking bazaar Bhainswara 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 killing the leopard lantern later leaving left bank leopard of Rudraprayag light lying machan mahseer man-eating leopard Mandakini river mango-tree meal minutes morning mountain Naini 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 suspension bridge telescopic sight thornbushes tiger told took track trap tree veranda village walk watched woman
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Man-eating Leopard of Rudraprayag |
| Authors | Jim Corbett, Raymond Sheppard |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1964 |
| Length | 191 pages |
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