The man-eating leopard of Rudraprayag |
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Page 83
These pug marks I followed back to the glade, where I found the leopard had
done just what I had done the previous evening: he had left the track where I had;
had crossed the soft ground to the rock and, after regaining the track, had
followed ...
These pug marks I followed back to the glade, where I found the leopard had
done just what I had done the previous evening: he had left the track where I had;
had crossed the soft ground to the rock and, after regaining the track, had
followed ...
Page 100
Furthermore, we had only a few hours previously paid good money for it, so we in
turn ran up the track in hot pursuit. At the bend, the goat turned to the left and we
lost sight of it. Keeping to the track, as the goat had done, we went to the ...
Furthermore, we had only a few hours previously paid good money for it, so we in
turn ran up the track in hot pursuit. At the bend, the goat turned to the left and we
lost sight of it. Keeping to the track, as the goat had done, we went to the ...
Page 110
After a fast ride up the pilgrim road we took a track that went diagonally across
the hill, and a mile along this track, where the path from the village joined it, there
were signs of a struggle, and a big pool of blood. The headman and the relatives
...
After a fast ride up the pilgrim road we took a track that went diagonally across
the hill, and a mile along this track, where the path from the village joined it, there
were signs of a struggle, and a big pool of blood. The headman and the relatives
...
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User Review - CeiliOkeefe - LibraryThingA classic tale from the northern edge of India set in 1925 and told with poetic simplicity by a very brave, humane and observant man. I first read this book as a teenager and have reread it many times ... Read full review
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User Review - Stbalbach - LibraryThingJim Corbett's second book, following his classic Man Eaters of Kummaon. In the first book, each chapter is a self-contained unit, concerning 1 tiger and Corbett's story how he hunted and killed it ... Read full review
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