The Man-eating Leopard of Rudraprayag |
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... feet wide at the base , 2,000 feet wide at the summit , and 900 feet high , and when it burst , ten billion cubic feet of water were released in the short space of six hours . So well was the bursting of the dam timed that though the ...
... feet wide at the base , 2,000 feet wide at the summit , and 900 feet high , and when it burst , ten billion cubic feet of water were released in the short space of six hours . So well was the bursting of the dam timed that though the ...
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... feet from the tower , and the other by climbing up a very rickety bamboo ladder . I chose the latter way , for the cables were coated over with some black and very evil - smelling matter , which clung to the hands and per- manently ...
... feet from the tower , and the other by climbing up a very rickety bamboo ladder . I chose the latter way , for the cables were coated over with some black and very evil - smelling matter , which clung to the hands and per- manently ...
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... feet , and , after keeping at this height for twenty yards , sloped gradually upwards to a height of a hundred feet . It was not possible to get down to water level anywhere on my side of the pool , nor would it be possible , or ...
... feet , and , after keeping at this height for twenty yards , sloped gradually upwards to a height of a hundred feet . It was not possible to get down to water level anywhere on my side of the pool , nor would it be possible , or ...
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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