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... 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 fell on the fat sadhu [ holy man ] who lived in
...
... 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 fell on the fat sadhu [ holy man ] who lived in
...
Page 51
The populace quite naturally did not share my misgivings ; to them I was one who
had rid others of man - eaters and who had now come among them to rid them of
the menace they had lived under for eight long years . And then , with ...
The populace quite naturally did not share my misgivings ; to them I was one who
had rid others of man - eaters and who had now come among them to rid them of
the menace they had lived under for eight long years . And then , with ...
Page 129
The behavior of the man - eater during the previous night showed the extent to
which the habits of a leopard change when it has become a man - eater and has
lived in close association with human beings over a long period of years .
The behavior of the man - eater during the previous night showed the extent to
which the habits of a leopard change when it has become a man - eater and has
lived in close association with human beings over a long period of years .
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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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