The Man-eating Leopard of Rudraprayag |
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Page 36
... sleep on the platform adjoining the shop . To this proposal the shopkeeper vigorously ob- jected . 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 ...
... sleep on the platform adjoining the shop . To this proposal the shopkeeper vigorously ob- jected . 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 ...
Page 138
... 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 I had first seen it had it opened its mouth , except to nibble grass ; and now , having made ...
... 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 I had first seen it had it opened its mouth , except to nibble grass ; and now , having made ...
Page 169
... sleep in front of the door of the storeroom in which he kept the articles of food purchased by the pilgrims , for , he said , she would then be protected by the room on the one side , and by the fifty or more pilgrims who were spending ...
... sleep in front of the door of the storeroom in which he kept the articles of food purchased by the pilgrims , for , he said , she would then be protected by the room on the one side , and by the fifty or more pilgrims who were spending ...
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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