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we filled numerous chatties with this much-loved grease, to be used 

 as ointment for rheumatic complaints. Unfortunately at that time 

 I had no weighing machine, therefore it was impossible to judge 

 the weight with accuracy, but we computed that the fat alone 

 amounted to 70 Ibs. avoirdupois. The tiger was certainly upwards 

 of 500 Ibs. 



I found the '577 bullet of pure lead had entered exactly at the 

 shoulder-joint, which it had smashed to atoms, carrying splinters 

 of bone through the lungs ; passing through the ribs upon the 

 opposite side, it had smashed the left shoulder, and was fixed 

 beneath the skin, expanded like a mushroom. 



There was no danger to any person employed in this hunt, but 

 I have described it as an apt example of a cunning tiger, which 

 escaped so many attempts upon its life that it was regarded as 

 " uncanny." 



My servant Thomas was quite delighted, as he had offered to 

 bet that, " devil or no devil, his master's rifle would kill him, if he 

 got a shot." 



