The Man-eating Leopard of Rudraprayag |
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... shooting the leopard that I might otherwise have not got for many months . As I had climbed uphill the previous day in the wake of my guide I had weighed up my chances of killing the leopard and assessed them at two - to - one - this ...
... shooting the leopard that I might otherwise have not got for many months . As I had climbed uphill the previous day in the wake of my guide I had weighed up my chances of killing the leopard and assessed them at two - to - one - this ...
Page 65
... leopard tried plank after plank . Eventually being unable to find a weak place in the partition , the leopard left the kitchen and killed the man's cow , which was tethered in a grass lean - to against the side of the house . After killing ...
... leopard tried plank after plank . Eventually being unable to find a weak place in the partition , the leopard left the kitchen and killed the man's cow , which was tethered in a grass lean - to against the side of the house . After killing ...
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... killing the leopard had gone , but there were still three chances to go , so we were not unduly depressed . Shortly after it got dark , it began to rain , and I whis- pered to Ibbotson that I feared it would prove our undoing for , if ...
... killing the leopard had gone , but there were still three chances to go , so we were not unduly depressed . Shortly after it got dark , it began to rain , and I whis- pered to Ibbotson that I feared it would prove our undoing for , if ...
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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