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... when he craved for human flesh and blood , assumed the semblance of a
leopard , and that such a one could not be killed by the methods already tried , as
had been amply proved , and could only be killed by fire , and that his suspicions
...
... when he craved for human flesh and blood , assumed the semblance of a
leopard , and that such a one could not be killed by the methods already tried , as
had been amply proved , and could only be killed by fire , and that his suspicions
...
Page 118
... I deserved Ibbotson's rejoinder , ' You are a rotten pessimist . First you think a
few drops of rain are going to spring the trap and fire off my rifle , and now you
think that because the leopard is not making a noise that it has got out of the [ 118
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... I deserved Ibbotson's rejoinder , ' You are a rotten pessimist . First you think a
few drops of rain are going to spring the trap and fire off my rifle , and now you
think that because the leopard is not making a noise that it has got out of the [ 118
]
Page 119
At the first streak of dawn a fire was built near the mango tree and water heated ,
and , after we had drunk several cups of hot tea and warmed ourselves at the fire
, we set off for the kill , accompanied by the Patwari and several of Ibbotson's ...
At the first streak of dawn a fire was built near the mango tree and water heated ,
and , after we had drunk several cups of hot tea and warmed ourselves at the fire
, we set off for the kill , accompanied by the Patwari and several of Ibbotson's ...
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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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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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