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without making any sound as far as I was aware ; when the time had come for
him to go to his kill he had stalked , for a distance of seventy yards over dry
leaves , the spot he had pin - pointed as the source of some suspicious sound .
without making any sound as far as I was aware ; when the time had come for
him to go to his kill he had stalked , for a distance of seventy yards over dry
leaves , the spot he had pin - pointed as the source of some suspicious sound .
Page 163
Heavy clouds had been gathering all the evening , and at 8 P.M. , when all the
village sounds — except the wailing of the woman - were hushed , a ... The
woman had now stopped wailing , and in all the world there appeared to be no
sound .
Heavy clouds had been gathering all the evening , and at 8 P.M. , when all the
village sounds — except the wailing of the woman - were hushed , a ... The
woman had now stopped wailing , and in all the world there appeared to be no
sound .
Page 179
I was at the time listening with all my ears for any sounds that might come from
the leopard , so I did not answer him ... Just before the Pundit had called I thought
I heard what may have been a gurgling sound , but of this I could not be sure .
I was at the time listening with all my ears for any sounds that might come from
the leopard , so I did not answer him ... Just before the Pundit had called I thought
I heard what may have been a gurgling sound , but of this I could not be sure .
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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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