The Man-eating Leopard of Rudraprayag |
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Page 43
... took up my position in the branches of a small tree about fifty yards from the kill . During the three hours I sat in the tree I had no indications , from either animals or birds , that the leopard was anywhere in the vicinity , and as ...
... took up my position in the branches of a small tree about fifty yards from the kill . During the three hours I sat in the tree I had no indications , from either animals or birds , that the leopard was anywhere in the vicinity , and as ...
Page 83
... took it down to the glade and , after setting it , poisoned the kill with cyanide . I had no experi- ence of poisons , nor had Ibbotson , but in a conversation . with a doctor friend before leaving Naini Tal I had men- tioned that ...
... took it down to the glade and , after setting it , poisoned the kill with cyanide . I had no experi- ence of poisons , nor had Ibbotson , but in a conversation . with a doctor friend before leaving Naini Tal I had men- tioned that ...
Page 122
... took our position on the machan , which was long enough for us to lie at length and wide enough for us to lie side by side . The distance from the machan to the kill across the ravine was two hundred yards , and the kill was on a higher ...
... took our position on the machan , which was long enough for us to lie at length and wide enough for us to lie side by side . The distance from the machan to the kill across the ravine was two hundred yards , and the kill was on a higher ...
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Alaknanda Alaknanda river animal Badrinath barking BARSIL bazaar Bhainswara BHATGAON 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 kill the leopard lantern later left bank leopard of Rudraprayag light lying machan mahseer man-eating leopard Mandakini river mango-tree meal minutes morning mountain Naini Naini Tal 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 telescopic sight thornbushes tiger told took track trap tree veranda village walk watched woman