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by the suspension bridge and , going up the hill on the far side for a mile or so ,
took up positions for the beat . ... and the two hundred beaters set off up the right
bank to cross the river four miles further up by a jhula ( swing ) bridge and make ...
by the suspension bridge and , going up the hill on the far side for a mile or so ,
took up positions for the beat . ... and the two hundred beaters set off up the right
bank to cross the river four miles further up by a jhula ( swing ) bridge and make ...
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I received no news of the man - eater from outlying villages for two days , and on
the third morning I went down the pilgrim road for six miles to try and find out if he
had recently visited any of the villages in that direction . From this twelve - mile ...
I received no news of the man - eater from outlying villages for two days , and on
the third morning I went down the pilgrim road for six miles to try and find out if he
had recently visited any of the villages in that direction . From this twelve - mile ...
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I never - if I can help it - walk uphill immediately after a meal , but here I had no
option , and for the first three miles , in which we climbed 4,000 feet , I had great
difficulty in keeping up with my guide . A short stretch of comparatively flat ground
...
I never - if I can help it - walk uphill immediately after a meal , but here I had no
option , and for the first three miles , in which we climbed 4,000 feet , I had great
difficulty in keeping up with my guide . A short stretch of comparatively flat ground
...
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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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