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Page 130
The tiger I am telling you about was unwounded, and it would have been quite
easy for me to go into the undergrowth and find him myself, but in doing so I
should have disturbed him and defeated my own purposes, whereas by using the
troop ...
The tiger I am telling you about was unwounded, and it would have been quite
easy for me to go into the undergrowth and find him myself, but in doing so I
should have disturbed him and defeated my own purposes, whereas by using the
troop ...
Page 131
I was now convinced that this object had not been where it was for more than a
minute or two before I had first caught sight of it, and that it could not be anything
else than a white mark on the tiger's face. Quite evidently the tiger had heard me
...
I was now convinced that this object had not been where it was for more than a
minute or two before I had first caught sight of it, and that it could not be anything
else than a white mark on the tiger's face. Quite evidently the tiger had heard me
...
Page 150
The same can be said of tigers, but the sportsman who goes on foot to look for
courting tigers should be quite sure that he wants to see them, for a tigress —
never a tiger — is very sensitive at these times, and quite understandably so, ...
The same can be said of tigers, but the sportsman who goes on foot to look for
courting tigers should be quite sure that he wants to see them, for a tigress —
never a tiger — is very sensitive at these times, and quite understandably so, ...
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User Review - CeiliOkeefe - LibraryThingA 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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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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