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... distance - we put the gin trap in it , and when the powerful springs that closed the jaws had been depressed , and the plate that constituted the trigger adjusted as delicately as we dared set it , we covered the whole trap with a layer ...
... distance - we put the gin trap in it , and when the powerful springs that closed the jaws had been depressed , and the plate that constituted the trigger adjusted as delicately as we dared set it , we covered the whole trap with a layer ...
Page 126
... distance of seventy yards over dry leaves , the spot he had pin - pointed as the source of some suspicious sound . After lying for half an hour without making any movement , he stood up , stretched himself , yawned , and then ...
... distance of seventy yards over dry leaves , the spot he had pin - pointed as the source of some suspicious sound . After lying for half an hour without making any movement , he stood up , stretched himself , yawned , and then ...
Page 145
... distance of a hundred yards . It was a dark night and I had an electric torch lashed to the side of my rifle , and my thumb was on the push button . From the root of the tree the path ran in a straight line for fifty yards , where there ...
... distance of a hundred yards . It was a dark night and I had an electric torch lashed to the side of my rifle , and my thumb was on the push button . From the root of the tree the path ran in a straight line for fifty yards , where there ...
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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