The Man-eating Leopard of Rudraprayag |
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Jim Corbett. mountainous , was an enormous area in which to find and shoot one particular leopard out of possibly ... shooting the leopard that I might otherwise have not got for many months . As I had climbed uphill the previous day in ...
Jim Corbett. mountainous , was an enormous area in which to find and shoot one particular leopard out of possibly ... shooting the leopard that I might otherwise have not got for many months . As I had climbed uphill the previous day in ...
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... shooting light was not functioning - possibly because the battery had faded out - our plan was to sit up as long as Ibbotson could see to shoot , and then , with the help of the gasoline lamp , get back to the village , where we hoped ...
... shooting light was not functioning - possibly because the battery had faded out - our plan was to sit up as long as Ibbotson could see to shoot , and then , with the help of the gasoline lamp , get back to the village , where we hoped ...
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... shoot by even without the aid of the telescopic sight , when a pine cone dislodged from behind some low bushes , about thirty yards immediately above us , came rolling down the hill and struck the tree close to my feet . The leopard had ...
... shoot by even without the aid of the telescopic sight , when a pine cone dislodged from behind some low bushes , about thirty yards immediately above us , came rolling down the hill and struck the tree close to my feet . The leopard had ...
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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