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Page 36
He told the pilgrims that his house was frequently visited by the man - eater , and
to sleep out in the open would be to court death . While the argument was at its
height , a sadbu on his way from Muttra to Badrinath arrived on the scene and ...
He told the pilgrims that his house was frequently visited by the man - eater , and
to sleep out in the open would be to court death . While the argument was at its
height , a sadbu on his way from Muttra to Badrinath arrived on the scene and ...
Page 60
I had no tents for my men , and had intended that they should sleep with Ibbotson
' s men in the outbuildings of the inspection bungalow ; but this they had refused
to do , asserting that there was no more danger for them than there was for me ...
I had no tents for my men , and had intended that they should sleep with Ibbotson
' s men in the outbuildings of the inspection bungalow ; but this they had refused
to do , asserting that there was no more danger for them than there was for me ...
Page 138
I had counted on the animal , now placidly sleeping below me , to call up the
leopard for me , and not once since I had first seen ... except to nibble grass ; and
now , having made itself comfortable , it would probably sleep throughout the
night .
I had counted on the animal , now placidly sleeping below me , to call up the
leopard for me , and not once since I had first seen ... except to nibble grass ; and
now , having made itself comfortable , it would probably sleep throughout the
night .
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able Alaknanda animal approached arrived asked bank blood body bridge bungalow bushes called carried climb close crossed dark dead decided direction distance dogs door early eaten feet field fire fish five followed foot four further Garhwal give goat gone grass ground half hand head heard hill hope human hundred yards Ibbotson jungle kill later leaving leopard light lived look lying man-eater miles minutes morning never night passed path pilgrims poison position possible pug marks ravine reached returned rifle river road rock Rudraprayag seen shelter shoot short shot showed side sight sitting sleep sound started steps taken telescopic sight tell thorn tiger told took track trap tree turned village waiting walk watched wide woman
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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