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... have been attributed to a single village . I can only answer that an effort cannot
be sustained indefinitely , and that on hearing that the man - eater was operating
at a village ten , fifteen , or twenty miles away , people living in small houses [ 41 ]
... have been attributed to a single village . I can only answer that an effort cannot
be sustained indefinitely , and that on hearing that the man - eater was operating
at a village ten , fifteen , or twenty miles away , people living in small houses [ 41 ]
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It was a brilliant moonlit night , and round about midnight I was suddenly
awakened by hearing the leopard climbing the tree . Picking up the rifle , which
was lying ready loaded on the bed , I swung my legs off the bed and had just
slipped my ...
It was a brilliant moonlit night , and round about midnight I was suddenly
awakened by hearing the leopard climbing the tree . Picking up the rifle , which
was lying ready loaded on the bed , I swung my legs off the bed and had just
slipped my ...
Page 123
We are likely to forget that the hearing and sight of wild animals , especially of
those that depend exclusively on these senses not only for food but also for self -
preservation , are on a plane far above that of civilized human beings , and that ...
We are likely to forget that the hearing and sight of wild animals , especially of
those that depend exclusively on these senses not only for food but also for self -
preservation , are on a plane far above that of civilized human beings , and that ...
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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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