The Man-eating Leopard of Rudraprayag |
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Page 81
... approached by a footpath which for a short distance ran over soft and boggy ground ; here I found the pug marks of the man - eater . The headman had seen me approaching across the valley and had waiting for me a steaming dish of tea ...
... approached by a footpath which for a short distance ran over soft and boggy ground ; here I found the pug marks of the man - eater . The headman had seen me approaching across the valley and had waiting for me a steaming dish of tea ...
Page 119
... approached the kill from above . When we got to the high bank and looked down we saw the hole in the ground , but no gin trap , and as our hopes were bounding up , the brilliant light of the petromax revealed the trap - its jaws closed ...
... approached the kill from above . When we got to the high bank and looked down we saw the hole in the ground , but no gin trap , and as our hopes were bounding up , the brilliant light of the petromax revealed the trap - its jaws closed ...
Page 120
... approached the kill from the side where we had firmly planted the thorn bushes . Three of these bushes he had pulled up , making a sufficiently wide gap to go through , and then , getting hold of the kill , he had drawn it a foot or so ...
... approached the kill from the side where we had firmly planted the thorn bushes . Three of these bushes he had pulled up , making a sufficiently wide gap to go through , and then , getting hold of the kill , he had drawn it a foot or so ...
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Alaknanda Alaknanda River animal Badrinath barking BARSIL bazaar Bhainswara bridge carnivora carried climb crossed cyanide dark distance dogs door eaten eater evil spirit feet fifty yards fish followed foot footpath four Garhwal gin trap glade goat Golabrai grass ground GWAR head hill hind human kills hundred yards Ibbotson inspection bungalow kakar Kedarnath killing the leopard lantern later left bank Leopard of Rudraprayag light lying machan mahseer Man-Eating Leopard Mandakini River mango tree meal minutes morning Naini Naini Tal path Patwari Pauri petromax pilgrim road pilgrim shelter platform poison previous night pug marks Pundit ravine returned rifle river rock sadhu Sahib scrub jungle seen shoot shot side sight sitting sleep square miles steep steps suspension bridge telescopic sight thorn bushes tiger told took track veranda village walk watched woman wound