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Page 14
It was only when the heavy brass vessel crashed to the floor as the leopard
attempted to lift its victim through the window that the sleepers awoke . When the
lantern had been turned up the woman who had been sick was discovered lying
...
It was only when the heavy brass vessel crashed to the floor as the leopard
attempted to lift its victim through the window that the sleepers awoke . When the
lantern had been turned up the woman who had been sick was discovered lying
...
Page 105
This goat , however , had ideas of its own , and no sooner had the man removed
the rope from its neck , than it turned and ran up the track . It was too good a
calling goat to abandon — it had attracted the leopard once , and might do so
again .
This goat , however , had ideas of its own , and no sooner had the man removed
the rope from its neck , than it turned and ran up the track . It was too good a
calling goat to abandon — it had attracted the leopard once , and might do so
again .
Page 148
With a sneeze of alarm the animal reared up , avoiding my grasp , and when I
pulled up clear of the rock and turned round , I ... Turning away I walked down the
hill for fifty yards , and when I looked back , the deer was still standing on the rock
...
With a sneeze of alarm the animal reared up , avoiding my grasp , and when I
pulled up clear of the rock and turned round , I ... Turning away I walked down the
hill for fifty yards , and when I looked back , the deer was still standing on the rock
...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Man-eating Leopard of Rudraprayag |
| Author | Jim Corbett |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1964 |
| Length | 191 pages |
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