Man-eaters of Kumaon |
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