The Man-eating Leopard of Rudraprayag |
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... trap . Switching on the electric light , I saw the leopard rearing up with the trap dangling from his forelegs , and taking a hurried shot , my 450 bullet struck a link in the chain and severed it . Freed from the peg the leopard went ...
... trap . Switching on the electric light , I saw the leopard rearing up with the trap dangling from his forelegs , and taking a hurried shot , my 450 bullet struck a link in the chain and severed it . Freed from the peg the leopard went ...
Page 121
... trap in it , and when the powerful springs that closed the jaws had been depressed , and the plate that con- stituted the trigger adjusted as delicately as we dared set it , we covered the whole trap with a layer of green leaves , over ...
... trap in it , and when the powerful springs that closed the jaws had been depressed , and the plate that con- stituted the trigger adjusted as delicately as we dared set it , we covered the whole trap with a layer of green leaves , over ...
Page 123
... trap did not set it off , the contracting of the fishing - line due to getting wet , no matter how slight it might be , would to a certainty fire off his hair - trigger rifle . Some time later , and while it was still raining , Ibbotson ...
... trap did not set it off , the contracting of the fishing - line due to getting wet , no matter how slight it might be , would to a certainty fire off his hair - trigger rifle . Some time later , and while it was still raining , Ibbotson ...
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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