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In normal times these rites are carried out very effectively ; but when disease in
epidemic form sweeps through the hills , and the inhabitants die faster than they
can be disposed of , a very simple rite , which consists of placing a live coal in the
...
In normal times these rites are carried out very effectively ; but when disease in
epidemic form sweeps through the hills , and the inhabitants die faster than they
can be disposed of , a very simple rite , which consists of placing a live coal in the
...
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The ability of carnivora to carry their kill to a place where they can feed
undisturbed determines , to a great extent , the place ... On that occasion , the
leopard , after killing a well - grown man in his house , carried the victim for two
miles up the ...
The ability of carnivora to carry their kill to a place where they can feed
undisturbed determines , to a great extent , the place ... On that occasion , the
leopard , after killing a well - grown man in his house , carried the victim for two
miles up the ...
Page 98
our .275 rifles , and accompanied by one of Ibbotson's men carrying a short
length of rope . ... broken ground , where it turned left and , after running across
the face of the hill for a hundred yards , carried on round the shoulder of the
mountain .
our .275 rifles , and accompanied by one of Ibbotson's men carrying a short
length of rope . ... broken ground , where it turned left and , after running across
the face of the hill for a hundred yards , carried on round the shoulder of the
mountain .
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Contents
The Pilgrim Road 3 13 The Hunters Hunted 70 | 7 |
Terror 11 | 86 |
Investigation 31 | 102 |
Copyright | |
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able Alaknanda animal approached arrived asked bank blood body bridge bungalow bushes carried climb close crossed dark dead decided direction distance dogs door early eaten feet field fire fish five followed foot four further Garhwal getting give goat gone grass ground half hand head heard hearing hill human hundred yards Ibbotson jungle kill later leaving leopard light lived look lying man-eater miles minutes morning never night passed path pilgrim poison position possible pug marks ravine reached returned rifle river road rock Rudraprayag seen shelter shoot short shot showed side sight sitting sleep sound started steps taken tell thorn tiger told took track trap tree turned village waiting walk watched wide wind woman
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Man-eating Leopard of Rudraprayag |
| Author | Jim Corbett |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1948 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 30 Nov 2007 |
| Length | 188 pages |
| Subjects | › › Fiction / Romance / Time Travel |
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