The Man-eating Leopard of Rudraprayag |
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Page 66
... trap . Switching on the electric light , I saw the leopard rearing up with the trap dangling from his forelegs , and taking a hurried shot , my .450 bullet struck a link in the chain and severed it . Freed from the peg , the leopard ...
... trap . Switching on the electric light , I saw the leopard rearing up with the trap dangling from his forelegs , and taking a hurried shot , my .450 bullet struck a link in the chain and severed it . Freed from the peg , the leopard ...
Page 119
... trap , and as our hopes were bounding up , the brilliant light of the petromax revealed the trap - its jaws closed and empty - ten yards down the hillside . The kill was no longer lying with its head against the bank , and a glance ...
... trap , and as our hopes were bounding up , the brilliant light of the petromax revealed the trap - its jaws closed and empty - ten yards down the hillside . The kill was no longer lying with its head against the bank , and a glance ...
Page 121
... 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 carry it ten yards down the hillside . And now ...
... 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 carry it ten yards down the hillside . And now ...
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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