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the lower field , we set the trap and , to insure the leopard ' s stepping on to it , we
planted a few thorn twigs on either side of the path . To one end of the trap was
attached a short length of half - inch - thick chain , terminating in a ring three ...
the lower field , we set the trap and , to insure the leopard ' s stepping on to it , we
planted a few thorn twigs on either side of the path . To one end of the trap was
attached a short length of half - inch - thick chain , terminating in a ring three ...
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in an ideal position for setting up the gin trap . Its back was against a tangle of
wild rose bushes , and its hooves were against a foot - high bank ; the leopard
while eating had sat on the bank , with its forepaws between the cow ' s legs .
Having ...
in an ideal position for setting up the gin trap . Its back was against a tangle of
wild rose bushes , and its hooves were against a foot - high bank ; the leopard
while eating had sat on the bank , with its forepaws between the cow ' s legs .
Having ...
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But for this missing tooth the leopard would have been fixed to the trap without
any possibility of getting free , for the grip on his leg had been sufficiently good for
him to lift the eighty - pound trap out of the hole in which we had buried it , and ...
But for this missing tooth the leopard would have been fixed to the trap without
any possibility of getting free , for the grip on his leg had been sufficiently good for
him to lift the eighty - pound trap out of the hole in which we had buried it , and ...
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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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