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Page 40
The last kill , of the sadhu , had taken place on the left bank of the river a few
miles from the Chatwapipal suspension bridge , and I felt sure that the leopard
had crossed this bridge , after abandoning his kill , for no matter what precautions
the ...
The last kill , of the sadhu , had taken place on the left bank of the river a few
miles from the Chatwapipal suspension bridge , and I felt sure that the leopard
had crossed this bridge , after abandoning his kill , for no matter what precautions
the ...
Page 68
so while I climbed down the tree , taking my rifle with me , a hazardous
proceeding in the dark - Ibbotson lit and pumped up the petrol lamp we had taken
into the machan with us . Letting the lamp down to me on the end of a length of
rope ...
so while I climbed down the tree , taking my rifle with me , a hazardous
proceeding in the dark - Ibbotson lit and pumped up the petrol lamp we had taken
into the machan with us . Letting the lamp down to me on the end of a length of
rope ...
Page 121
My fishing - reel was now produced and one end of the dressed silk line was tied
to the trigger of one rifle , looped round the butt - end , and taken to within ten feet
of the kill , from where it was taken back , looped round the buttend of the ...
My fishing - reel was now produced and one end of the dressed silk line was tied
to the trigger of one rifle , looped round the butt - end , and taken to within ten feet
of the kill , from where it was taken back , looped round the buttend of the ...
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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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