Man-eaters of Kumaon |
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Page 12
... Bungalow , where I was putting up , and sug- gested I should move next day to a bungalow a few miles away , in the vicinity of which many human beings had been killed . Early next morning , accompanied by the Tahsildar , I set out for ...
... Bungalow , where I was putting up , and sug- gested I should move next day to a bungalow a few miles away , in the vicinity of which many human beings had been killed . Early next morning , accompanied by the Tahsildar , I set out for ...
Page 13
... bungalow . Here I found the Tahsildar had not returned , and as there was still an hour or more of daylight left I went out with the chowkidar of the bungalow to look at a place where he informed me a tiger was in the habit of drinking ...
... bungalow . Here I found the Tahsildar had not returned , and as there was still an hour or more of daylight left I went out with the chowkidar of the bungalow to look at a place where he informed me a tiger was in the habit of drinking ...
Page 75
... bungalow , and killed by the tigress the same night . The following evening the Vivians sat up over the buffalo . There was no moon , and just as daylight was fading out and near - by objects were becoming indistinct , they first heard ...
... bungalow , and killed by the tigress the same night . The following evening the Vivians sat up over the buffalo . There was no moon , and just as daylight was fading out and near - by objects were becoming indistinct , they first heard ...
Common terms and phrases
Almora animal approached arrived blood trail buffalo bullet bungalow bushes camp carried cattle Champawat chital Chuka climbed cooee crossed Dalkania dead dense distance face feet fifty yards fired followed foot Garhwal ghooral girl goats going gone grass head Headman heard hill hillside hind hour human hundred yards Ibbotson John Steinbeck jungle kakar Kala Agar kill Kosi River Kumaon Ladhya langur later leaving ledge legs leopard looking lying machan mahseer miles minutes morning move Naini Naini Tal night occasion open ground party path peafowl pool pug marks ravine returned ridge rifle Robin rock rope sambur saplings scrub seen shoot shot shouting side sight sitting skin slope sound spot stalk started steep story stream Tahsildar Tanakpur Thak thirty yards tigress told track tree turned undergrowth valley victim village walk woman wounded