Man-eaters of Kumaon |
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Page 50
... girl , who appeared to be on the point of getting hysterics , was bundled off to scour the village for a pair of scissors . The water and bandages were ready before the girl I had sent for the scissors returned with the only pair , she ...
... girl , who appeared to be on the point of getting hysterics , was bundled off to scour the village for a pair of scissors . The water and bandages were ready before the girl I had sent for the scissors returned with the only pair , she ...
Page 51
... girl's head and body I knocked the neck off the bottle and poured the contents , to the last drop , into the wounds . This done I bandaged the head , to try to keep the scalp in position , and then picked up the girl and carried her to ...
... girl's head and body I knocked the neck off the bottle and poured the contents , to the last drop , into the wounds . This done I bandaged the head , to try to keep the scalp in position , and then picked up the girl and carried her to ...
Page 101
... girl to move her to this depression , and this difficult and dangerous feat the girl successfully accomplished . There was only room for one in the depression , so the girl squatted , as only an Indian can squat , on the ledge facing ...
... girl to move her to this depression , and this difficult and dangerous feat the girl successfully accomplished . There was only room for one in the depression , so the girl squatted , as only an Indian can squat , on the ledge facing ...
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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