Vanishing Tracks: Four Years Among the Snow Leopards of Nepal |
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... Shimbu summer house , he reveals exciting news : Eight or ten days ago , one or perhaps two snow leopards killed a goat and three calves . They would have set traps , but no one knew how to tranquilize the cat , so they waited in ...
... Shimbu summer house , he reveals exciting news : Eight or ten days ago , one or perhaps two snow leopards killed a goat and three calves . They would have set traps , but no one knew how to tranquilize the cat , so they waited in ...
Page 132
... Shimbu with Lopsang to discuss needed changes . Karan was pleased about the capture , yet did not attempt to hide his dejection at not being summoned for it . At the same time , he was completely against packing up the Shimbu camp and ...
... Shimbu with Lopsang to discuss needed changes . Karan was pleased about the capture , yet did not attempt to hide his dejection at not being summoned for it . At the same time , he was completely against packing up the Shimbu camp and ...
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... Shimbu . Our plan was to leave the Langu by mid - June , to catch the last scheduled flight out of Jumla . For the second season , there would be no data collected on the birth of the blue sheep lambs , due to begin any day , unless Rod ...
... Shimbu . Our plan was to leave the Langu by mid - June , to catch the last scheduled flight out of Jumla . For the second season , there would be no data collected on the birth of the blue sheep lambs , due to begin any day , unless Rod ...
Contents
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS LISTS OF CHARACTERS | 13 |
MAPS PROLOGUE | 19 |
PART ONE November 1981September 1982 | 29 |
Copyright | |
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