The Man-eating Leopard of Rudraprayag |
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Page 121
... the old woman for cremation , we set out to walk back to Rudraprayag , leav- ing our men to follow us . Some time during the night the leopard had come to the mango tree , for we found his pug marks near the tree where the pool of [ 121 ]
... the old woman for cremation , we set out to walk back to Rudraprayag , leav- ing our men to follow us . Some time during the night the leopard had come to the mango tree , for we found his pug marks near the tree where the pool of [ 121 ]
Page 157
... walk ahead and set the pace . 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 ...
... walk ahead and set the pace . 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 ...
Page 167
... walking at his accustomed pace . Half a mile further on he started to quicken his pace , and this pace he maintained ... walk he had undertaken , for he was anxious to put as great a dis- tance as possible between himself and the leopard ...
... walking at his accustomed pace . Half a mile further on he started to quicken his pace , and this pace he maintained ... walk he had undertaken , for he was anxious to put as great a dis- tance as possible between himself and the leopard ...
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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