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Page 48
The leopard had arrived ; and while I sat in torrential rain with the icy - cold wind
whistling through my wet clothes , he lay dry and snug in the straw below . The
storm was one of the worst I have ever experienced , and while it was at its height
...
The leopard had arrived ; and while I sat in torrential rain with the icy - cold wind
whistling through my wet clothes , he lay dry and snug in the straw below . The
storm was one of the worst I have ever experienced , and while it was at its height
...
Page 54
The tower was built out on a projecting rock and was twenty feet high , and the
platform on the top of it , which had been worn smooth by the wind , was about
four feet wide and eight feet long . There were two means of reaching this
platform ...
The tower was built out on a projecting rock and was twenty feet high , and the
platform on the top of it , which had been worn smooth by the wind , was about
four feet wide and eight feet long . There were two means of reaching this
platform ...
Page 152
had been some little wind during the night , on which one of the youths answered
, “ A little wind , sahib ! Such a big wind has never been known , and it has blown
away my hut ! ' To which his companion rejoined , “ That is no matter for regret ...
had been some little wind during the night , on which one of the youths answered
, “ A little wind , sahib ! Such a big wind has never been known , and it has blown
away my hut ! ' To which his companion rejoined , “ That is no matter for regret ...
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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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