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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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