The Man-eating Leopard of Rudraprayag |
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... shooting the leopard that I might otherwise have not got for many months . As I had climbed uphill the previous day in the wake of my guide I had weighed up my chances of killing the leopard and assessed them at two - to - one - this ...
... shooting the leopard that I might otherwise have not got for many months . As I had climbed uphill the previous day in the wake of my guide I had weighed up my chances of killing the leopard and assessed them at two - to - one - this ...
Page 151
... kill it before it was aware of my presence . I had provided myself with a torch and a knife , and with my good rifle across my knees I felt that in this secluded quiet spot my chances of killing the leopard were better than any I had ...
... kill it before it was aware of my presence . I had provided myself with a torch and a knife , and with my good rifle across my knees I felt that in this secluded quiet spot my chances of killing the leopard were better than any I had ...
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... killing the leopard was to paint a goat with arsenic , sew up its mouth to prevent its licking itself , and then tie it up in a place where the leopard would find and eat it , and so be poisoned . We talked long that day , reviewing my ...
... killing the leopard was to paint a goat with arsenic , sew up its mouth to prevent its licking itself , and then tie it up in a place where the leopard would find and eat it , and so be poisoned . We talked long that day , reviewing my ...
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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