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This dam , caused by a landslide in the valley of the Birehi Ganga , a tributary of
the Ganges , was 11 , 000 feet wide at the base , 2 , 000 feet wide at the summit ,
and 900 feet high , and when it burst , ten billion cubic feet of water were ...
This dam , caused by a landslide in the valley of the Birehi Ganga , a tributary of
the Ganges , was 11 , 000 feet wide at the base , 2 , 000 feet wide at the summit ,
and 900 feet high , and when it burst , ten billion cubic feet of water were ...
Page 49
... desperation as I heard the leopard approaching the rick for the fourth time , I
leaned over and fired at the indistinct object below me . The narrow terrace to
which I have given the usual name of ' field ' was only about two feet wide at this
point ...
... desperation as I heard the leopard approaching the rick for the fourth time , I
leaned over and fired at the indistinct object below me . The narrow terrace to
which I have given the usual name of ' field ' was only about two feet wide at this
point ...
Page 112
was an open stretch of short grass about half a mile wide , and below the grass ,
scrub jungle . Keeping now to the edge of the grass and scrub jungle , I went
round the shoulder of the hill and found in front of me a wide depression ,
extending ...
was an open stretch of short grass about half a mile wide , and below the grass ,
scrub jungle . Keeping now to the edge of the grass and scrub jungle , I went
round the shoulder of the hill and found in front of me a wide depression ,
extending ...
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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 hearing hill human hundred yards Ibbotson jungle kill later leaving leopard light lived look lying man-eater miles minutes morning never night passed path pilgrim 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 tell thorn tiger told took track trap tree turned village waiting walk watched wide wind 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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