The Tiger 



killing was one shot near Surat, which was 1 1 feet 



1 1 inches, measured as it lay, and whose skin when 

 pegged out was 12 feet 4 inches. Sir H. Green shot 

 one himself which measured 10 feet 11 inches. Mr. 

 C. Shillingford, whose experience extended over thirty- 

 five years, during which period he shot more than two 

 hundred tigers, states that in 1849 he shot the largest 

 tiger he had ever seen, which measured, as it fell, 



12 feet 4 inches. This tiger was very old, with short 

 hair and light in colour. Mr. Shillingford shot another 

 of II feet 10 inches, and in 1855 one of 11 feet 

 4 inches. Mr. Gumming shot one at Rohinipore of 



11 feet 4 inches, one at Kaladearah in 1865 of 11 feet 

 2 inches, and one at Gour in 1871 of 11 feet 2 inches. 

 Finally, Sir Charles Reid informed Sir Joseph Fayrer 

 that he had shot in the Dun a tiger which measured 



12 feet 3 inches before the skin was removed." 



To the above may be added a supplemental list 

 furnished by Mr. F. A. Shillingford (nephew of the 

 above-mentioned gentleman of the same name) to the 

 same journal for August 1896. It is there written : — 

 "On March 20, 1866, my neighbour, the late Mr. 

 Henry Cave of Gondwarah, Purneah, shot a tiger 

 1 1 feet, measured on the ground, where he fell, and 

 the hunt is described in the Oriental Sporting Magazine 

 for July 1868. On December 13, 1867, at Bankacot, 

 about four miles from this factory (Kolassy, Purneah), 

 I accounted for a tiger 1 1 feet, measured about three 

 hours after death. On October 18, 1868, my brother, 

 the late Mr. J. Shillingford, shot a tiger 1 1 feet. 

 On November 3, 1868, Mr. J. Shillingford shot 

 the largest of his many large tigers at Tappra, in the 

 Kosi Duars, measuring 11 feet 5 inches. On April 18, 

 1870, Mr. W. DeCourcy shot a tiger 11 feet i inch ; 

 while on April 19, 1871, Mr. J, Shillingford shot one 

 of 1 1 feet." 



Some years ago Mrs. Lawrie-Johnstone shot in the 

 Duars a tiger of which the skin when removed measured 



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