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Page 40
It was generally believed that the Alaknanda offered no obstacle to the man -
eater and that when he found it difficult to obtain a human kill on one bank , he
crossed over to the other bank by swimming the river . I discounted this belief .
It was generally believed that the Alaknanda offered no obstacle to the man -
eater and that when he found it difficult to obtain a human kill on one bank , he
crossed over to the other bank by swimming the river . I discounted this belief .
Page 52
The first thing to do was to find out if the le had crossed the Alaknanda , and as I
was firm in my conviction that the only way he could do this was by way of the
suspension bridges , I set out after breakfast to glean this information . I
discounted ...
The first thing to do was to find out if the le had crossed the Alaknanda , and as I
was firm in my conviction that the only way he could do this was by way of the
suspension bridges , I set out after breakfast to glean this information . I
discounted ...
Page 104
From my seat in the tree I had an uninterrupted view of a length of about ten
yards of the path , which to my left crossed a ravine and carried on at the same
level on the far side , and to my right , and some three hundred yards further on ...
From my seat in the tree I had an uninterrupted view of a length of about ten
yards of the path , which to my left crossed a ravine and carried on at the same
level on the far side , and to my right , and some three hundred yards further on ...
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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 Michigan |
| Digitized | 31 May 2007 |
| Length | 188 pages |
| Subjects | › › Fiction / Romance / Time Travel |
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