The Man-eating Leopard of Rudraprayag |
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... platform . As I was standing on the top rung of the ladder and dependent for a hand - hold on the friction of the palms of my hands on the smooth masonry , the safe gaining of the platform was an acrobatic feat that had less appeal the ...
... platform . As I was standing on the top rung of the ladder and dependent for a hand - hold on the friction of the palms of my hands on the smooth masonry , the safe gaining of the platform was an acrobatic feat that had less appeal the ...
Page 63
... platform . With these poles to support it , a second and smaller platform was built four feet above the lower one . Two - inch - mesh wire netting was then wound round the whole structure , leav- ing bare only the space between the ...
... platform . With these poles to support it , a second and smaller platform was built four feet above the lower one . Two - inch - mesh wire netting was then wound round the whole structure , leav- ing bare only the space between the ...
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... platform , and when we had made ourselves comfortable we each made a small hole in the straw to shoot through . As it would not be possible for us to communicate with each other once the leopard arrived , we agreed that whoever saw him ...
... platform , and when we had made ourselves comfortable we each made a small hole in the straw to shoot through . As it would not be possible for us to communicate with each other once the leopard arrived , we agreed that whoever saw him ...
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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