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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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