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dead thing they find in the jungle , just as lions will in the African bush . The
people of Garhwal are Hindus and , as such , cremate their dead . The cremation
invariably takes place on the bank of a stream or river , in order that the ashes
may ...
dead thing they find in the jungle , just as lions will in the African bush . The
people of Garhwal are Hindus and , as such , cremate their dead . The cremation
invariably takes place on the bank of a stream or river , in order that the ashes
may ...
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from the ground every dead leaf , bit of stick , and blade of grass that were lying
on it . After we had dug a hole sufficiently long , wide , and deep - removing the
displaced earth to a distance - we put the gin trap in it , and when the powerful ...
from the ground every dead leaf , bit of stick , and blade of grass that were lying
on it . After we had dug a hole sufficiently long , wide , and deep - removing the
displaced earth to a distance - we put the gin trap in it , and when the powerful ...
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my on catching sight of the leopard's head he stopped , and asked in a whisper
whether it was dead , and what it was . When I told him it was dead and that it
was the evil spirit that had torn open his throat five years ago , and for fear of
which ...
my on catching sight of the leopard's head he stopped , and asked in a whisper
whether it was dead , and what it was . When I told him it was dead and that it
was the evil spirit that had torn open his throat five years ago , and for fear of
which ...
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Terror 11 | 86 |
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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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