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those which partially surround the tail. Sometimes these 

 dark streaks are very long, and sometimes comparatively 

 short and very wide, leaving a broad interval of the golden 

 yellow fur between the outer and inner stripes. Between 

 many of these streaks are placed a number of spots, similar 

 to those which appear on the leopard's skin, but the spots 

 are small in size and not so distinctly outlined as the stripes. 

 They are rather thickly scattered by the shoulder and flanks, 

 occasionally making their appearance on the sides. Over the 

 eyes some thick black lines are drawn, which closely re- 

 semble a stag's horn, and on the forehead runs a series of 

 equally dark stripes, which remind the spectator of the figure 

 of a bat with outstretched wings. The ears are black with 



a solitary white spot upon the back of each ear He 



has been matched against many antagonists, and always 

 came off victorious in the fight, whether his opponent were 

 a strong-horned and hard-headed buffalo, or a tiger like him- 

 self. The last tiger to which he was opposed was killed in 

 fifteen minutes." 



Now "Jungla" (or Junglee) must indeed have been a 

 magnificent beast if the above description and his keeper's 

 measurement be quite accurate, but there is just a little room 

 to doubt the complete accuracy of the latter. This tiger and 

 " the largest ever killed on Cossim-bazaar island," according 

 to the measurements recorded by Captain Williamson, were 

 of equal size and both giants among their fellows. 



The double stripes and the spots between the streaks on 

 Jungla's skin are uncommon, but the marks over his eyes 

 and on his forehead are such as fa&y be seen on every indi- 

 vidual, although perhaps in his case they were more pro- 

 nounced than usual. The portrait which accompanies the 

 above description depicts a very heavy thick-set tiger, with 

 a skin more closely marked than ordinary with single and 

 double stripes of very deep hue. Mr. Sterndale and Captain 

 Baldwin, in their excellent works " Leonee " and " The Game 

 of Bengal," agree that tigers rarely exceed ten feet in 

 length. Jerdon gives nine to nine and a half feet as the 



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