The Man-eating Leopard of Rudraprayag |
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... walk out on to the bridge from the archway below him . 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 ...
... walk out on to the bridge from the archway below him . 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 ...
Page 162
... walk ahead and set the pace . I never — if I can help it - walk uphill immediately after a meal , but here I had no option , and for the first three miles , in which we climbed four thousand feet , I had great difficulty in keeping up ...
... walk ahead and set the pace . I never — if I can help it - walk uphill immediately after a meal , but here I had no option , and for the first three miles , in which we climbed four thousand feet , I had great difficulty in keeping up ...
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... walking capabilities , but only when ranging his beat in search of food . Here he had a better reason for the long walk he had undertaken , for he was anxious to put as great a distance as possible between himself and the leopard who ...
... walking capabilities , but only when ranging his beat in search of food . Here he had a better reason for the long walk he had undertaken , for he was anxious to put as great a distance as possible between himself and the leopard who ...
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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