The Man-eating Leopard of Rudraprayag |
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Page 43
... 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 dusk was falling I slipped off the tree , cut ...
... 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 dusk was falling I slipped off the tree , cut ...
Page 61
... tree , and I went to sleep thinking of it . It was a brilliant moonlit night , and round about mid- night I was suddenly awakened by hearing the leopard climbing the tree . Picking up the rifle , which was lying ready loaded on the bed ...
... tree , and I went to sleep thinking of it . It was a brilliant moonlit night , and round about mid- night I was suddenly awakened by hearing the leopard climbing the tree . Picking up the rifle , which was lying ready loaded on the bed ...
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... tree under which to shelter . I have seen both human beings and animals killed by hail , and by the lightning that invariably accompanies hail- storms , so rejecting the big fir - trees with tapering tops I selected a small tree with a ...
... tree under which to shelter . I have seen both human beings and animals killed by hail , and by the lightning that invariably accompanies hail- storms , so rejecting the big fir - trees with tapering tops I selected a small tree with a ...
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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