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 ...
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... 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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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