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soon made fast to the tiger's neck, and Moota Outdid hauled it 

 upon dry ground, where it was washed as well as possible, and well 

 scrutinised for a bullet-hole. 



There was no hole whatever in that tiger. The bullet having 

 entered the nostril, broken the neck, and run along the body, the 

 animal consequently had never moved. The first shot, when 

 obscured in thick jungle, had probably deflected from the interposing 

 reeds at all events it missed. This tiger, when laid out straight, 

 but without being pulled to increase its length, measured exactly 

 9 feet 8 inches from nose to tail. 



