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Page 48
first big drops of a deluge began to fall , I heard a stone roll into the ravine , and a
minute 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 icecold wind ...
first big drops of a deluge began to fall , I heard a stone roll into the ravine , and a
minute 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 icecold wind ...
Page 115
The kill was lying about five feet from the near or ravine end of the flat strip of
ground , which was four feet wide and about twenty feet long . The upper side of
this strip of ground was protected by a high bank , and the lower side by a steep
drop ...
The kill was lying about five feet from the near or ravine end of the flat strip of
ground , which was four feet wide and about twenty feet long . The upper side of
this strip of ground was protected by a high bank , and the lower side by a steep
drop ...
Page 131
The distance the leopard had covered from the mango tree to the ravine was
about eight miles . This long and seemingly aimless walk away from a kill was in
itself a thing no ordinary leopard would have undertaken under any
circumstances ...
The distance the leopard had covered from the mango tree to the ravine was
about eight miles . This long and seemingly aimless walk away from a kill was in
itself a thing no ordinary leopard would have undertaken under any
circumstances ...
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Contents
The Pilgrim Road 3 13 The Hunters Hunted 70 | 7 |
Terror 11 | 86 |
Investigation 31 | 102 |
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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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