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''Man-Eaters of Kumaon'' is a book written by hunter-naturalist Jim Corbett. It details the experiences that Corbett had in the Kumaon region of India from the 1900s to the 1930s, while hunting man-eating tigers and leopards. One tiger, for example, was responsible for over 400 human deaths. ''Man-Eaters of Kumaon'' is the best known of Corbett's books and contains 10 stories of tracking and shooting man-eaters in the Indian Himalayas during the early years of the twentieth century. The text also contains incidental information on flora, fauna and village life. ==Book Contents== * Introduction by Sir Maurice Hallett * Preface by Lord Linlithgow * Authors Note ''Causes of Man-eating in Tigers and Leopards'' * Champawat Man-eater ''The story of the first man-eating tiger shot by Corbett in 1907. Reportedly the man-eater claimed 436 human victims in Nepal and India'' * Robin ''Stories of Corbett's hunting companion Robin, his faithful spaniel.'' * The Chowgarh tigers ''The first of three man-eaters Corbett was to shoot on government request at a 1929 district conference. It turned out to be a pair of two tigers, a mother and its grown cub, which had together killed 64 people between 1925-30. The cub was shot in April 1929 and the mother on 11 April 1930.'' * The Bachelor of Powalgarh ''The exciting tale of how Corbett shot the much sought after trophy tiger (non man-eater) in 1930.'' * The Mohan Man-eater ''The second of the three man-eaters Corbett was requested to shoot at the 1929 conference. Shot in May 1931.'' * Fish of my Dreams ''Corbett reflects on the joys of fishing for Mahseer (Indian river trout) in submontane rivers.'' * The Kanda Man-eater ''The third of the three man-eaters requested for dispatch at the 1929 conference. Shot in 1933.'' * The Pipal Pani Tiger ''Corbett traces 15 years of history of a local tiger (non man-eater), from its tracks in the mud as a cub, up until its death 15 years later'' * The Thak Man-eater ''The last Man-eater Corbett shot in November 1938 (aged 63)'' * Just Tigers ''Corbett talks about the importance of conservation and his love of photographing tigers in the place of shooting them'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Man-Eaters of Kumaon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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