The Man-eating Leopard of Rudraprayag |
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Page 40
... grass cables , blackened by age and mouldy from the mists rising from the river , spanned some two hundred feet of foaming white water , which a hundred yards further down surged with a roar like thunder between two walls of rock ...
... grass cables , blackened by age and mouldy from the mists rising from the river , spanned some two hundred feet of foaming white water , which a hundred yards further down surged with a roar like thunder between two walls of rock ...
Page 112
... grass , scrub jungle . Keeping now to the edge of the grass and scrub jungle , I went round the shoulder of the hill and found in front of me a wide depression , extending for half a mile down to the pilgrim road , and evidently caused ...
... grass , scrub jungle . Keeping now to the edge of the grass and scrub jungle , I went round the shoulder of the hill and found in front of me a wide depression , extending for half a mile down to the pilgrim road , and evidently caused ...
Page 138
... grass within reach , scratched a shallow hole for itself , lay down , curled up , and went to sleep . Here was a dilemma . I had counted on the animal , now placidly sleeping below me , to call up the leopard for me , and not once since ...
... grass within reach , scratched a shallow hole for itself , lay down , curled up , and went to sleep . Here was a dilemma . I had counted on the animal , now placidly sleeping below me , to call up the leopard for me , and not once since ...
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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