The Man-eating Leopard of Rudraprayag |
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Page 48
... later the loose straw on the ground below me was being scratched up . The leopard had arrived ; and while I sat in torrential rain with the ice- cold wind whistling through my wet clothes , he lay dry and snug in the straw below . The ...
... later the loose straw on the ground below me was being scratched up . The leopard had arrived ; and while I sat in torrential rain with the ice- cold wind whistling through my wet clothes , he lay dry and snug in the straw below . The ...
Page 179
... later the moon lit up the crest of the hills on the far side of the Ganges and slowly crept down into the valley . A little later I saw it rise over the top of the hill behind me . As soon as it was overhead I climbed to the top of the ...
... later the moon lit up the crest of the hills on the far side of the Ganges and slowly crept down into the valley . A little later I saw it rise over the top of the hill behind me . As soon as it was overhead I climbed to the top of the ...
Page 184
... later , I found a pellet of buckshot embedded in the skin of his chest , which an Indian Christian - years later - claimed he had fired at the leopard the year it became a man - eater . After Ibbotson and I had measured and examined the ...
... later , I found a pellet of buckshot embedded in the skin of his chest , which an Indian Christian - years later - claimed he had fired at the leopard the year it became a man - eater . After Ibbotson and I had measured and examined the ...
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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