The Man-eating Leopard of Rudraprayag |
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... Waiting until the leopard had got well on to the bridge , he fired , and as it dashed across , the man on the tower on the right bank emptied the six chambers of his revolver at it . Next morning blood was found on the bridge and on the ...
... Waiting until the leopard had got well on to the bridge , he fired , and as it dashed across , the man on the tower on the right bank emptied the six chambers of his revolver at it . Next morning blood was found on the bridge and on the ...
Page 84
... waiting for me . While I drank this rich and over - sweetened liquid on the courtyard , sit- ting on a reed couch upholstered with ghooral skins , he drew my attention to the condition of the door which two nights previously the leopard ...
... waiting for me . While I drank this rich and over - sweetened liquid on the courtyard , sit- ting on a reed couch upholstered with ghooral skins , he drew my attention to the condition of the door which two nights previously the leopard ...
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... waiting for had come . Hastily taking off my coat I wound it round my neck , fastening it securely in place with the sleeves . The rifle was now useless but might help to cause a diversion , so transferring it to my left hand I ...
... waiting for had come . Hastily taking off my coat I wound it round my neck , fastening it securely in place with the sleeves . The rifle was now useless but might help to cause a diversion , so transferring it to my left hand I ...
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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