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The story of the husband of the woman who had been killed was soon told . After
their evening meal , which had been eaten by the light of the fire , the woman
collected the metal pots and pans that had been used and carried them to the
door ...
The story of the husband of the woman who had been killed was soon told . After
their evening meal , which had been eaten by the light of the fire , the woman
collected the metal pots and pans that had been used and carried them to the
door ...
Page 155
I know of only one case in all those eight long years in which resistance was
offered to the man - eater , and in that case the resister was a woman . She was
sleeping alone in a house , the door of which she had left unfastened ; this door ,
as ...
I know of only one case in all those eight long years in which resistance was
offered to the man - eater , and in that case the resister was a woman . She was
sleeping alone in a house , the door of which she had left unfastened ; this door ,
as ...
Page 174
pilgrims who passed through Golabrai , he was one of the only two people — the
woman who escaped with the lacerated arm being the other — whom I met
during my stay in Garhwal who had survived an encounter with the man - eater .
pilgrims who passed through Golabrai , he was one of the only two people — the
woman who escaped with the lacerated arm being the other — whom I met
during my stay in Garhwal who had survived an encounter with the man - eater .
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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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